This evening Congressional leaders came to agreement on a $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief bill that among other things, includes $3.2 billion for a $50 monthly emergency broadband benefit for low-income households and households where the recently unemployed reside, and $75 monthly for eligible households on Tribal lands. This benefit will be available to those households in which one member qualifies for 1) the Federal Communications Commission’s Lifeline program; 2) Free and reduced price lunch; 3) Pell grants; or 4) broadband providers’ low income or COVID-19 programs. In addition, households that include recently unemployed individuals will be eligible. The bill provides $7 billion overall for broadband connectivity, including $1 billion for broadband deployment on tribal lands. Both houses of Congress are expected to pass the bill tomorrow.
The following statement should be attributed to Gigi Sohn:
The inclusion of a monthly emergency broadband benefit in the COVID-19 relief bill is historic. The United States Congress, with bipartisan support, has recognized that high-speed broadband Internet in the home is essential for full participation in American society, its economy, its education and health care systems, and its civic life, and that government must ensure that everyone is online, especially during this pandemic.
The main reason that people in the US don’t have broadband at home is cost. US broadband prices are among the highest in the world, averaging between $68 and $84 a month. The emergency broadband benefit, especially if combined with Lifeline and state broadband funds, will certainly move the needle towards connecting many of the tens of millions of people in the US who don’t have home broadband. The money for broadband deployment on tribal lands is a long-overdue investment for the most underserved communities in the nation.
Although we can see the end of the pandemic on the horizon, the digital divide won’t go away when COVID-19 does. The 117th Congress should quickly pass House Majority Whip Clyburn’s Affordable, Accessible Internet for All Act, which would make the $50 monthly broadband benefit permanent.
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Gigi Sohn is a Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy and a Benton Foundation Senior Fellow & Public Advocate. She is the host of the Tech on the Rocks podcast. In September, Gigi published “How to Make Broadband Affordable and Accessible for Everyone” on CNN.com, which advocated for an emergency broadband benefit. Gigi can be reached for comment at gbsohn@gmail.com or at 202-253-0876.