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The FCC issued a News Release last week announcing the authorization of more than $163 million to 42 providers in the second round of funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund RDOF. Will build out broadband deployments to approximately 65,000 locations.

Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19...

Have you seen ads on social media that offer to “help” you sign up for a government program that will give you a “free” device and internet service in exchange for money or personal information? While there is a real government program to help people connect during the pandemic, there’s no payment required to enroll. […]

The NY Comptrollers Office found that 1 million people dont have a home broadband subscription, while 250,000 dont have broadband service available in their area.

Hughes Network Systems has joined the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program that provides financial assistance for broadband service during the COVID-19 pandemic. At this point, Hughes is the only nationwide satellite provider to participate in the program. The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program is a pandemic relief effort that kicked off in May of this year. It is a $3.2 billion fund that provides qualifying households with $50 per month discounts on broadband services and equipment li...

AllOnGeorgia Senator Reverend Warnock Applauds Emergency Broadband Benefit Program for Expanding Broadband Affordability in Georgia, Leads Charge to Expand Access to Rural Georgians With Limited, No Connectivity The new Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) Program gives low-income Americans up to $50/month to subsidize cost of broadband   U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) celebrated the up to $5 million in federal funding headed to Georgia households to subsidize the cost of broadband ...

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Heinrich Encourages Eligible New Mexicans To Apply For Broadband, Technology Assistance Through FCC Program From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich: WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is encouraging eligible New Mexicans and Tribal residents to apply for consumer discounts through the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Emergency Broadband Benefit Program. “The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for families and students in New Mexico,” H...

(Statewide, WY) – The Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND), an academic unit of the University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, has partnered with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to help build consumer awareness about the emergency broadband benefit. This new FCC program will temporarily provide assistance to help lower the cost of broadband service for eligible households during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible Wyoming families needing internet access for critical servi...

Special to the Press Gazette/USA TODAY NETWORK GULF BREEZE — Mediacom Communications is participating in the federal government’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program designed to help families and individuals struggling to afford internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic. The EBBP is a temporary program being administered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It provides eligible new or current customers with up to $50 off their monthly internet service bill. Program eligibi...