FCC to Provide Emergency Broadband Access with COVID Relief Funds

Andy Spears
2 min readMay 10, 2021

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a program designed to help those struggling to afford broadband internet access during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here are more details about the program:

The Emergency Broadband Benefit is a temporary FCC program to help families and households struggling to afford broadband internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program opens on May 12th and provides eligible households:

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Andy Spears

Writer and policy advocate living in Nashville, TN —Public Policy Ph.D. — writes on education policy, consumer affairs, and more . . .