Cut Your Internet Bill By $50 A Month With The FCC’s Help. How To Apply 05/06/21 AT 9:34 AM Americans now have a way to offset the cost of their internet service thanks to the Federal Communications Communication’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program that is part of the $900 billion COVID relief package signed by former President Donald Trump in December. Under the relief package, a total of $3.2 billion was provided to the FCC for the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program to ensure that Americans in all states have access to affordable internet as schools turned virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Families in every corner of the country have been struggling to get online throughout this pandemic,” FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement. “For those families, we now say help is around the corner.