This past winter, one of us, Alister, was speaking with the daughter of an elderly patient at a community health center in Boston. Her mother had recently been admitted to a local hospital for ...

A program intended to help low-income Americans connect to the internet is likely to disappear at the end of this month, and its supporters in Congress have limited options to keep it afloat. Although ...

Dan Drljaca lives in a Wisconsin town with no stoplights and one high-speed internet provider that charges $65 a month for broadband service. That’s too steep for Drljaca, 65, who lives on limited ...

The sun shines on Connected Nation, a nonprofit that seeks to improve access to broadband across the United States, in Bowling Green on Thursday, March 14, 2024, as the Affordable Connectivity Program ...

Today marks the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program, a landmark piece of US government legislation that aimed to make it easier for people to afford an internet connection in their homes. The ...

Connected Dallas offers drop-in sites where people can use the internet and computers, as well as take classes and get tech support. The program says many of its clients lost a monthly internet ...

While the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program hadn't connected anyone to the internet yet as of November 2025, it was expected to begin doing so within the next year. Some of his ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas's initial proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program has been approved by the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and ...

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Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. What’s really happening with BEAD. What’s really happening with BEAD. is a former weekend editor who covered tech ...

Fiber and cable internet generally provide the fastest speeds, while 5G and fixed wireless are growing as flexible options. Fiber is ideal for heavy users like gamers and remote workers, while cable ...

The administration of former U.S. President Joe Biden spent $42.45 billion on the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program that has connected no one to the internet. Rating: Mostly True (About ...