Due to a lack of funding from Congress, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced the Affordable Connectivity Program is winding down. The program has already stopped taking new applications as of February 2024, and expects April to be the last fully funded month of the program. We explain.

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Read more on the winding down of ACP:
https://www.fcc.gov/acp

https://www.affordableconnectivity.gov/

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/articl...

Survey of ACP Participants:
https://www.fcc.gov/acpsurvey

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