The $3.2 billion temporary Emergency Broadband Benefit program opens for enrollment May 12, offering eligible households monthly financial assistance to get high-speed internet service, The Wall ...

Finding low-cost internet is becoming increasingly more difficult with rising prices and decreased support for low-income families. The Affordable Connectivity Program was shuttered in June 2024, ...

A new COVID-19 relief initiative is kicking off. As of Wednesday, people can start applying for the emergency broadband benefit. The fund was created to help people afford home internet. If you ...

A promise made by former President Joe Biden to connect millions of Americans to reliable and affordable high-speed internet service may become another casualty of President Donald Trump’s campaign to ...

In late 2021, then-President Joe Biden's administration announced the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program, hailing it as the modern day equivalent to President Franklin D.

Elon Musk speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office (Francis Chung/Press Pool) Musk looked poised to benefit from the Commerce Department's expected overhaul of a $42.5 billion program that ...