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Public Knowledge Celebrates FCC Action To Connect the Vulnerable With New $50 Broadband Subsidy
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WASHINGTON,
Feb. 26, 2021:
Yesterday, the
Federal Communications Commission voted on circulation to approve a Report and Order to establish the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, a
$3.2 billion federal initiative to provide qualifying households discounts on their internet service bills and an opportunity to receive a discount on a computer, laptop, or tablet. The program created by
Congress subsidizes broadband and device payments for low-income consumers or families hit hard by the pandemic, including students and the unemployed.
The program follows several months of advocacy from Public Knowledge, including an early proposal for an emergency broadband subsidy by Senior Vice President