A federal program that has provided low or no-cost internet for roughly 23 million American households is about to end. The Affordable Connectivity Program, a pandemic-era benefit, has run out of money. Advocates are concerned about what that means for the nation’s digital divide. The Federal Communications Commission says coming up in May people enrolled …
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday voted to restore “net neutrality” rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and Verizon from favoring some sites and apps over others. The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration. In 2017, under …
April 10 (UPI) — A new Federal Communications Commission rule kicks in Wednesday that forces Internet service providers to simplify their plans in writing with labels so customers will be able to break down their costs. The new documentation, called customer broadband labels, will look much like nutritional labels that will highlight information such as …
Beginning Wednesday, internet service providers (ISPs) will be trying to make it easier for consumers to understand what’s in their monthly internet bills. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is now requiring providers to provide notices that resemble nutrition labels that break down what they’re getting and how much the individual parts of their internet service …
Armed with about $49 billion that Congress appropriated in 2021, a normally inconspicuous Commerce Department agency is tackling an ambitious goal of giving all Americans access to high-speed internet. At a recent congressional hearing, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey, the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said the National Telecommunications and Information Administration “may …
Federal data documenting who has adequate internet service and who doesn’t may be underestimating those who do not by more than a million people, according to a new analysis by researchers at BroadbandNow. That includes 13,000 people in Colorado. The problem with underestimating who has service, said Tyler Cooper, editor-in-chief of BroadbandNow, is that there’s …
U.S. Rep. John Larson, D-1st District, speaks Thursday at the Raymond Public Library in East Hartford about the importance of continuing to fund the federal Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides subsidies for internet access to low-income households. Steven Goode Hearst Connecticut Media EAST HARTFORD — The clock is ticking on an federal internet subsidy that …
More than 20 million low-income households are at risk of being priced out of internet access unless Congress can reach agreement on funding for a program that provides internet service discounts. Supporters of the Affordable Connectivity Program are pressing for passage of bipartisan, bicameral legislation to keep it afloat past April, when funding is expected to run …
On Dec. 14, public comments were filed in a rulemaking proceeding in which the administrative state is seeking to pull off one of the most significant power grabs of the 21st century. Under the guise of enforcing “net neutrality,” the Biden administration’s Federal Communications Commission is proposing to seize control over key operations of the …