Black churches and civil rights leaders were instrumental in pushing Congress to create the Affordable Connectivity Program to help low-income households buy home internet broadband service and purchase devices like tablets and laptops. Learn more about who is eligible and how to sign up:

What is the Affordable Connectivity Program?

The Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC benefit that helps ensure that households can afford the home broadband internet service they need for work, school, healthcare, and more.

The benefit provides a discount of up to $30 per month toward internet service for eligible households (and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands.)  When used toward broadband providers’ widely available low-income offerings, this benefit covers the full cost of home internet service for eligible families.

Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase price.

The Affordable Connectivity Program is limited to one monthly service discount and one device discount per household.

Who Is Eligible for the Affordable Connectivity Program?

A household is eligible if a member of the household meets at least one (not all) of the criteria below:

• If a household has an income that is at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines; or

• Participates in certain assistance programs, such as SNAP, Medicaid, Federal Public Housing Assistance, SSI, WIC, or Lifeline;

• Participates in Tribal specific programs, such as Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance, Tribal TANF, or Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations;

• Is approved to receive benefits under the free and reduced-price school lunch program or the school breakfast program, including through the USDA Community Eligibility Provision in the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, or 2021-2022 school year;

• Received a Federal Pell Grant during the current award year; or

• Meets the eligibility criteria for a participating provider's existing low-income program.
  

How do I sign up for the Affordable Connectivity Program Benefit?

Most leading broadband providers are participating in the Affordable Connectivity Program. Click on the names below to sign up with these leading broadband providers:

• Comcast Xfinity

• Charter Spectrum

• Cox Communications

• AT&T

• Verizon

• T-Mobile

To learn more, including searching for other participating internet service providers not listed here, click below:

What if I was enrolled in the Emergency Broadband Benefit? 

The Emergency Broadband Benefit program to connect households during the pandemic officially ended on December 31, 2021.  Emergency Broadband Benefit recipients fully enrolled as of December 31, 2021, will automatically continue to receive their current monthly benefit until March 1, 2022. You can learn more about the program transition and steps you may need to take to stay enrolled after March 1st, by visiting fcc.gov/broadbandbenefit.

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