The commission has been exploring the broadening of the E-Rate program, a high-cost program under the Universal Service Fund.
The announcements closely echo tech platforms’ response to the U.S. Capitol riots.
Starks also said federal housing support should be linked to the Affordable Connectivity Program.
The program is helping low-income households afford internet access, but some experts warn that the fund will soon be depleted.
Without efforts to drive adoption, federal investment in connectivity will fall short, agreed Brookings panelists.
The combination of federal benefits is currently prohibited in the state of California.
Imposter fraud is a particularly predatory offshoot of robocalling, often involving extremely sophisticated scams.
The FCC stated that it will lean on the newly mandated broadband nutrition labels.
According to analysis, the middle class spends on average $69 per month on internet service.
'The percentage of households in major metro areas...using the program is smaller than the percentage of households enrolled.'
‘These reports detail problems customers have faced,” wrote Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone
'Community-anchor institutions have been and are the connective tissue that make delivering high-speed internet access possible,' he said.
The CPF allows the state to contribute more money toward builds, the state official said.
White House officials urged schools and other local institutions to engage in text-message and social media campaigns for the ACP.
An FCC watchdog report said some service providers were signing up multiple people on one person's information for ACP benefits.
North Carolina hopes to achieve 80 percent subscription to broadband services among its citizens.
Microsoft and CWA plan to host a traveling series of events promoting the ACP subsidy.
The mapping tool in the ReConnect application process allows applicants to designate proposed routes.
Thursday is the deadline for providers to file their broadband availability data for FCC maps in the Broadband Data Collection.
There are government programs created to shrink the digital divide, but not many Americans know what’s out there.
Detroit’s Hope Village experienced an internet outage for 45 days in the early days of the pandemic.
The commission said it is helping communities prepare to apply for some of the $42.5B NTIA BEAD program.
Former Google executive Camille Gloster has been appointed by the White House to its Office of the National Cyber Director.
Analyzing ACP enrollment can help the BEAD program solve the 'persisting gap between deployment and subscription.'
With 141,000 residents, West Valley City, Utah, is now the second largest city in the country fully connected to fiber.
The rules prevent providers from denying service to lower-income customers.
Kamala Harris was initially slated to visit Louisiana last month, but cancelled due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Comcast has adjusted its historic Internet Essentials program to the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program.
Concerns from advocates echo some of FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel's concerns for the ACP.
The Affordable Connectivity Program, like its predecessor, has a challenge with outreach, a conference heard Thursday.
The program, previously the Emergency Broadband Benefit, was extended by the infrastructure bill.
The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on Sohn’s renomination after confirmation efforts stalled last year.
The agency implemented new rules on the Affordable Connectivity Program, which makes a new subsidy permanent.
The Federal Communications Commission has no excuse for why the agency finished with the same bad data it started with.
The commissioner noted the peril democracy and citizen privacy finds themselves in around the world.
The Treasury Department has resolved all of the concerns that the Institute for Local Self Reliance identified in May.
They also believe Alan Davidson will be viewed more favorably to head the NTIA.
The commission says an enrollment freeze is no longer necessary as the Infrastructure Act’s Affordable Connectivity Program takes effect.
