Nearly 15% of American households do not have a home internet subscription, including dial-up, broadband or a cellular data plan, according to US Census estimates from 2018.
For low-income earners, that percentage is more than double the national average.A Pew Research study published last June discovered a link between household income and home broadband services, as well as access disparities between people of different races and education levels. Lower-income Americans without internet access can often find it at their offices, schools and libraries. But those have been shuttered during the pandemic.
It also dictates that schools and libraries be able to distribute those products for students to use beyond school grounds, something that the FCC previously did not allow. The House bill also includes $4 billion in funding for FCC's "Lifeline" program, which provides low-income consumers with monthly subsidies for broadband internet access. If the bill is approved, that funding would be available for just over a year.
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