Greetings and Salutations Friends and Neighbors – FYI
Robert
Robert Vinson Brannum
Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner
President Emeritus, DC Federation of Civic Associations, Inc.
FROM OCTO:
Great news! The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has appropriated $3.2 billion to help low-income residents subsidize their at-home internet service. The Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) will provide eligible District residents with much-needed free and subsidized internet service.
The EBB subsidy helps low-income households struggling to pay for internet service during the pandemic with:
- Up to $50/month for internet service for low-income households (HH); and
- A subsidy of up to $100 to participating internet service providers (ISPs) to offer a laptop, desktop or tablet for between $10-$50/HH.
We have an opportunity to help our neighbors get access to this highly valuable benefit – and we need your help! The EBB subsidy helps eligible households pay for internet service and a device, but it does not fund communications and training. That’s why we’ve partnered with Connected DMV to organize a DMV-wide outreach effort to ensure every eligible resident knows about this program.
EBB is separate from Mayor Bowser’s Internet for All program, which provides one year of low-cost internet service for students in Pre-K3 to 12th grade and in an adult charter schools through RCN or Comcast. We see the EBB subsidy as an alternative program for residents who:
o Do not have a student enrolled in DC traditional or Public Charter Schools
o Need device assistance in addition to Internet for All
o Need higher speed internet than Internet Essentials (Comcast) or Internet First (RCN), which are both 50 Mbps.
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FOR CONTACT -
Sarah Brewer Procaccini, Ph.D.
Coordinator of Tech Together DC
Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO)
Government of the District of Columbia
Phone: 202-494-5916
Email: sarah.procaccini@dc.gov
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