Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. James Martin/CNET Finding low-cost internet is becoming increasingly more difficult with rising prices and decreased support for ...

Federal telecommunications assists millions of American households each year through the Lifeline internet and phone discount program, which offers much-needed connectivity support to families with ...

The Federal Communications Commission took another step in its efforts to reform the Lifeline program that subsidizes broadband internet service for low-income Americans. Yesterday the FCC announced ...

The FCC has voted in favor of expanding Lifeline, a phone subsidy program that has been around for the last thirty or so years. Under this expansion, low-income individuals and families will be able ...

Stricter enrollment requirements will make it more difficult to qualify for this federally funded low-income internet program. State and local resources may help fill the gap. Joe Supan is a senior ...

The Federal Communications Commission moved on Thursday to radically alter federal subsidies that many low-income families depend on for internet access. Lifeline is a decades-old federal program ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A federal program that helps low-income people afford internet service in their homes is in the Federal Communications Commission's crosshairs. Under changes the FCC recently ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. A report released Tuesday by the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development described access to ...