Important Emergency Broadband Benefit Program Updates
Congress recently created the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), a new long-term benefit, which will replace the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBBP). This investment in broadband affordability will help ensure we can afford the connections we need for work, school, health care and more for a long time.
Households enrolled in the EBBP as of 12/30/21 will continue to receive their current monthly benefits.
Information about any additional actions our current EBBP recipients will need to take to continue receiving the ACP benefit will be available in the coming weeks. The FCC is seeking comment on the changes enacted in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and will be adopting rules for the ACP. Please stay tuned for additional updates.
- The maximum monthly benefit applied to your plan will change from $50 per month to $30 per month for households not located on qualifying Tribal lands, this reduction in benefit may change the current offering. The monthly plan benefit will remain at up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands.
- Households have new ways to qualify for the ACP such as receiving WIC benefits or having an income at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
- Households that qualified for the EBBP due to a substantial loss of income due to job loss or furlough since February 29, 2020 or by meeting the eligibility criteria for a participating provider’s COVID-19 program will need to requalify for the ACP.
