After February 7, the FCC is not going to require ISPs to accept ACP transfers.
Lawmakers called for guardrails on AI systems and more ACP funding.
The FCC order came a day after bipartisan legislation was introduced to extend ACP.
The bill would extend funding at least through 2024.
With state broadband challenges underway, Broadband Measurement Summit brings BEAD into dialogue with FCC nutrition labels.
Despite efforts to secure additional funding, the FCC is initiating steps to cease new enrollments and establish an official end-date.
The remaining funds are anticipated to be depleted by May 2024, according to the ACP Dashboard tracker.
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Industry associations are not happy about the FCC's new digital discrimination rules.
We'd be building broadband to no one without the ACP. The ACP extends every BEAD dollar further.
The FCC has proposed a pilot program to help schools and libraries protect against cyberattacks.
Hamid Akhavan is to be the CEO and president of DISH Network and Echostar following the finalization of their merger.
ACP's future remains uncertain as funding is projected to dry up by early 2024.
More than 400,000 Houston households are eligible for Affordable Connectivity Program. But only 30% have adopted.
Policy experts were not all in agreement on whether to wrap ACP into the Universal Service Fund.
An economic policy research group has developed a website to promote funding for the ACP.
Access to affordable and accessible high-speed internet is no longer a matter of convenience.
Under consideration: Opening the Universal Service Fund to contributions from broadband and Big Tech companies.
Lifeline Awareness Week has been broadened to include National Digital Connectivity
A petition called for broadband consumer label to not require providers to disclose monthly fees.
Healthcare organizations are seeing telehealth as an opportunity to enhance connectivity with patients and improve healthcare outcomes.
Leaders asked that providers share fiber routes for cost modeling.
Some are projecting that ACP funding will run out early next year.
Data reveal the program’s benefit is reaching the lowest income households
Funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program is likely to dry up in early 2024.
The benefit would go beyond tribes to other high cost locations.
Updates increase speed requirements and facilitate coordination with BEAD and ACP programs.
Congress should discontinue High-Cost, Lifeline, and ReConnect.
5G is also helping carriers reach those on the wrong side of the digital divide.
Largest beneficiaries of ACP do not participate financially in federal programs designed to promote broadband adoption.
The ACP has connected millions of families and communities to high-speed internet, and it needs to be extended.
The FCC has moved forward in critical objectives, reported commissioners at oversight hearing.
The ACP program has added more than a million Americans since April.
The USF needs to first be reformed for its own sustainability.
Lack of assurance regarding the ACP funding discourages local governments and providers from investing into the program.
The FCC’s expertise does not translate to a social distribution mechanism.
Tribes needs to be prepared to approach states on what coverage data is not included in state maps.
A new Senate working group is set to consider reforms to the USF.
A TikTok spokesperson argued that the ban violates the First Amendment.
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