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NDIA Urges FCC to Take Steps Ahead of ACP's End

The National Digital Inclusion Alliance urged that the FCC ensure providers and households in the affordable connectivity program are prepared when it ends. In a letter posted Monday in docket 21-450, the group asked for a requirement that ISPs notify…

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participating households 90, 60 and 30 days prior to ACP's end. Moreover, it asked that the FCC create a public list of consumer protections and lead an awareness campaign about the wind-down. NDIA suggested that ACP outreach grant recipients help conduct outreach about affordable plans. "Without the ability to reach impacted households, grantees risk losing the trust of those they enrolled in the program, which undermines the successful implementation of future broadband benefit programs the commission may administer," the group said.