FCC Extends $50 Internet Bill Discount for Low-Income Families

Households enrolled in a Federal Communications Commission broadband benefit program will continue to receive the same discount 60 days after the program ends.

The agency’s Wireline Competition Bureau said in a Nov. 26 guidance the deadline extension will ensure low-income families continue to receive their $50 monthly internet bill discounts under the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program after it ends Dec. 31. The $3.2 billion fund will be replaced by the revamped Emergency Connectivity Program that day.

Congress established the new program in the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and made it permanent. The fund is worth an additional ...