Congress Needs to Act to Save the Affordable Connectivity Program - The Madison Times

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Congress Needs to Act to Save the Affordable Connectivity Program - The Madison Times

By Karen Stokes Without Congressional action to extend funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) enacted under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and implemented by the FCC as the largest internet affordability program in our nation’s history, this initiative that has benefitted Black households will end as we know it. There are 23 million American households […]

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