Internet providers to cut broadband costs for low-income Americans

[EndtheMadnessNow]

Well, well, looky here...

Internet providers to cut broadband costs for low-income Americans


The Biden administration is partnering with major internet companies to provide high-speed internet for no more than $30 a month to millions of low-income Americans.

The commitments are part of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)

20 major internet providers including Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon have agreed cut the price of their services for eligible low-income households. President Biden and Vice President Harris will announce this new deal on Monday.

The commitments are part of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which is an aspect of the infrastructure law passed last year.

“With the new commitments, tens of millions of households that are eligible for the ACP will receive internet service free of charge”, an official said to the news reporters on a conference call under anonymity.
Who is eligible for inexpensive broadband?

Currently, about 48 million households in the US are eligible for the affordable internet policy. The plan is for households with an annual income equal to or under 200 percent of the federal poverty line. This roughly equals $27,000 per person or $55,000 for a family of four. Additionally, families enrolled in other federal programs such as Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income or Pell Grants, etc are also eligible.

Last year, Congress passed a bipartisan infrastructure law allowing some low-income families to get a $30 monthly benefit for broadband services. The same was $75 per month for those on tribal lands. Hence, under the new deal, free high-speed internet will be a reality for some households. The administration is going to launch a website (GetInternet.gov) detailing the signup process. It will also reveal details about the providers and their plans to ensure that all eligible families can take advantage.

FCC Affordable Connectivity Program

Step right up and get yer broadband now. Been hearing that since 1998. Only to get screwed on next months bill.



https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1523735713245802500

LOL. We're going to ensure EVERYONE gets their daily dose of propaganda fact-checked by TikTok lady. Meanwhile, we're gonna keep food & gas & housing costs inflated to the max so you feel the pain in the Ukraine. Yes, we need EVERYONE jacked into the Net to accept our mind control solution. What a pile of Biden Administration horseshit.

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

Well, well, looky here...

Internet providers to cut broadband costs for low-income Americans


The Biden administration is partnering with major internet companies to provide high-speed internet for no more than $30 a month to millions of low-income Americans.

The commitments are part of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)

20 major internet providers including Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon have agreed cut the price of their services for eligible low-income households. President Biden and Vice President Harris will announce this new deal on Monday.

The commitments are part of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which is an aspect of the infrastructure law passed last year.

“With the new commitments, tens of millions of households that are eligible for the ACP will receive internet service free of charge”, an official said to the news reporters on a conference call under anonymity.
Who is eligible for inexpensive broadband?

Currently, about 48 million households in the US are eligible for the affordable internet policy. The plan is for households with an annual income equal to or under 200 percent of the federal poverty line. This roughly equals $27,000 per person or $55,000 for a family of four. Additionally, families enrolled in other federal programs such as Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income or Pell Grants, etc are also eligible.

Last year, Congress passed a bipartisan infrastructure law allowing some low-income families to get a $30 monthly benefit for broadband services. The same was $75 per month for those on tribal lands. Hence, under the new deal, free high-speed internet will be a reality for some households. The administration is going to launch a website (GetInternet.gov) detailing the signup process. It will also reveal details about the providers and their plans to ensure that all eligible families can take advantage.

FCC Affordable Connectivity Program

Step right up and get yer broadband now. Been hearing that since 1998. Only to get screwed on next months bill.

I make five dollars too much so I guess I am SOOL.

I wonder what goes with the package. Your first born, or just your soul.

[Tarzan the apeman.]

So now I pay for my internet a someone else's. Back when I was young if you couldn't afford cable you didn't have cable. If you couldn't afford a phone you didn't have a phone. Didn't have the internet when I was a wee little lad, and cable only had 12 channels. The phones had party lines where your neighbor could listen in, so if you heard a click you hung up.

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

So now I pay for my internet a someone else's. Back when I was young if you couldn't afford cable you didn't have cable. If you couldn't afford a phone you didn't have a phone. Didn't have the internet when I was a wee little lad, and cable only had 12 channels. The phones had party lines where your neighbor could listen in, so if you heard a click you hung up.

They can't control you if you are not plugged in.

[ABNARTY]

There is no free lunch. Never. Especially when the feds and big business collude. 

This will be paraded out as "equity" or something. A great step forward. 

Don't believe it.

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

There is no free lunch. Never. Especially when the feds and big business collude. 

This will be paraded out as "equity" or something. A great step forward. 

Don't believe it.

So true. They let people lose their homes, and will allow food insecurity, but they love us so much that they will not let us go without internet access.

I agree. Be super vigilante, because all I can say is, they don't really care about us.

[Michigan Swamp Buck]

Well, I would try to get it, I'll probably try.

If they can bail out all the "too big to fail" corporations, then why can't I get in on some program or other? Why should I work hard for my wages only to pay up the wazoo to have an internet connection at my home? It actually has become necessary for me to keep track of work and to do my banking. Satellite (medium speed and expensive), towers (Casair - slow and expensive) and cell phone hot spots (fast enough but expensive and spotty) are the only home options for me.

Anyway, it would be great if these cheap connections could be used against the corrupt government in some way. You got the Obama phones and now a high speed connection, sounds like a great way to up your game if you had any interest in making it work for you. Organizing "peaceful protests" and flash mobs or getting the word out on some product would help out those poor folks in the projects, the smart ones at any rate.

[Brotherman]

Well, well, looky here...

Internet providers to cut broadband costs for low-income Americans


The Biden administration is partnering with major internet companies to provide high-speed internet for no more than $30 a month to millions of low-income Americans.

The commitments are part of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)

20 major internet providers including Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon have agreed cut the price of their services for eligible low-income households. President Biden and Vice President Harris will announce this new deal on Monday.

The commitments are part of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which is an aspect of the infrastructure law passed last year.

“With the new commitments, tens of millions of households that are eligible for the ACP will receive internet service free of charge”, an official said to the news reporters on a conference call under anonymity.
Who is eligible for inexpensive broadband?

Currently, about 48 million households in the US are eligible for the affordable internet policy. The plan is for households with an annual income equal to or under 200 percent of the federal poverty line. This roughly equals $27,000 per person or $55,000 for a family of four. Additionally, families enrolled in other federal programs such as Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income or Pell Grants, etc are also eligible.

Last year, Congress passed a bipartisan infrastructure law allowing some low-income families to get a $30 monthly benefit for broadband services. The same was $75 per month for those on tribal lands. Hence, under the new deal, free high-speed internet will be a reality for some households. The administration is going to launch a website (GetInternet.gov) detailing the signup process. It will also reveal details about the providers and their plans to ensure that all eligible families can take advantage.

FCC Affordable Connectivity Program

Step right up and get yer broadband now. Been hearing that since 1998. Only to get screwed on next months bill.



https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1523735713245802500

LOL. We're going to ensure EVERYONE gets their daily dose of propaganda fact-checked by TikTok lady. Meanwhile, we're gonna keep food & gas & housing costs inflated to the max so you feel the pain in the Ukraine. Yes, we need EVERYONE jacked into the Net to accept our mind control solution. What a pile of Biden Administration horseshit.

Big techs going to make a killing with all the data they collect, especially when the data gives them new and interesting ideas on how to really fuck the poor. 

Let’s go Brandon

[yuppa]

Well, I would try to get it, I'll probably try.

If they can bail out all the "too big to fail" corporations, then why can't I get in on some program or other? Why should I work hard for my wages only to pay up the wazoo to have an internet connection at my home? It actually has become necessary for me to keep track of work and to do my banking. Satellite, towers and cell phone hot spots are the only home options for me.

Anyway, it would be great if these cheap connections could be used against the corrupt government in some way. You got the Obama phones and now a high speed connection, sounds like a great way to up your game if you had any interest in making it work for you. Organizing "peaceful protests" and flash mobs or getting the word out on some product would help out those poor folks in the projects, the smart ones at any rate.

the problem is if you are torrenting they can track you easier even with a vpn afte rthis.

[Brotherman]

Well, I would try to get it, I'll probably try.

If they can bail out all the "too big to fail" corporations, then why can't I get in on some program or other? Why should I work hard for my wages only to pay up the wazoo to have an internet connection at my home? It actually has become necessary for me to keep track of work and to do my banking. Satellite, towers and cell phone hot spots are the only home options for me.

Anyway, it would be great if these cheap connections could be used against the corrupt government in some way. You got the Obama phones and now a high speed connection, sounds like a great way to up your game if you had any interest in making it work for you. Organizing "peaceful protests" and flash mobs or getting the word out on some product would help out those poor folks in the projects, the smart ones at any rate.

the problem is if you are torrenting they can track you easier even with a vpn afte rthis.

Not if your stealing your cheap service from say the local
Library 

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

Not if your stealing your cheap service from say the local
Library 

Library won't save you.

Quite a ways back, I must have pissed off somebody, because they kept freezing my computer.

I must have been posting something that got in their craw, and they freezed my computer. I don't know how they did it, but the second time it happened, I told the repair guy that I thought I was being targeted. He told me he didn't think what I thought was happening was possible. 

After the fourth time, he told me that I really, really, had to have pissed someone off. My computer got frozen four times in two weeks. Three times on one laptop, the third time was a brand spanking new computer.

So I went to the library. Bam! Twenty minutes in and the whole system was shut down for over 24 hours and they had no clue to what happened.

I laid low for about three months and things finally went back to normal.

Proved to me that more than an IPS can be tracked and hacked.

[guohua]

Not if your stealing your cheap service from say the local
Library 

Library won't save you.

Quite a ways back, I must have pissed off somebody, because they kept freezing my computer.

I must have been posting something that got in their craw, and they freezed my computer. I don't know how they did it, but the second time it happened, I told the repair guy that I thought I was being targeted. He told me he didn't think what I thought was happening was possible. 

After the fourth time, he told me that I really, really, had to have pissed someone off. My computer got frozen four times in two weeks. Three times on one laptop, the third time was a brand spanking new computer.

So I went to the library. Bam! Twenty minutes in and the whole system was shut down for over 24 hours and they had no clue to what happened.

I laid low for about three months and things finally went back to normal.

Proved to me that more than an IPS can be tracked and hacked.

@"NightskyeB4Dawn" 
My husband says it is Completely Possible, if they know your IP address and you browse the net a lot or visit a favorite website for an hour or so.
His old agency use to do it all the time in the late 90's and early 2000's but left it to the NSA from orders of Obama.

[Wookiep]

I have mixed feelings on this. Where I live, there's only 1 cable company which provides good internet. The service is good and you pay $60/month (internet only, I dropped cable years ago) But only for the first year. It's  about 125mbps. But it's not unlimited, they throttled data usage to 1.2 tb after Covid.(which for someone who just got an Xbox series x is no bueno). 

But my year is up now and it's going up to $75 on my next payment. This particular company is notorious for continuing to raise the rates for no reason. The only other options are DSL (which is terrible) or Satallite.

I don't make tons of money but I do need internet for both work and play. I refuse to get unlimited data on my phone when I have Wi-Fi.... So I dunno. I'd be happy with $30/month lol. However, I don't think it should be turned into another social program when the country is already bankrupt. However, they can afford to continually send billions to Ukraine, a country which is not a part of NATO, almost just as corrupt as Russia and has no bearing on our lives here in the U.S.

Sorry for all the edits, I left a lot of stuff out.

[EndtheMadnessNow]

Internet in South Korea

About 46 million people in South Korea (or 95.1% of the population) use the Internet. The country has the world's fastest average internet connection speed. South Korea has consistently ranked first in the UN ICT Development Index since the index's launch. The government established policies and programs that facilitated the rapid expansion and use of broadband. The country has 97.6% of the population owning a smartphone, which is the highest in the world.

The Internet has a higher status for many Koreans than it does in the West and the government actively supports this. According to the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, South Korea's internet is the most developed in the world. Seoul has been called "the bandwidth capital of the world".

South Korea has pulled ahead of every other country when it comes to broadband Internet in all categories including Speed and Quality, Adoption, Price, and Literacy according to Internet Monitor.

Should of been us, like 20 years ago.