Building the Best Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
Thuesday, January 26, 2021
January 2021
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Analysis
Analysis
Building the Best Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
With passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission has but a few weeks to craft rules for the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, a new effort that will allow low-income households to receive a discount off the cost of monthly broadband service and certain connected devices during the COVID-19 national emergency.