Wireless and broadband companies that offered relief on bills for pandemic-affected customers can start charging again.

Internet companies like Charter Communications Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. provided hundreds of thousands of free service to cash-strapped Americans this spring after the coronavirus pandemic sent millions of workers and students home. The relief came with an expiration date: July 1.

Several broadband and cellphone carriers are free to start cutting off past-due accounts and charging late fees after the Federal Communications Commission’s Keep Americans Connected program expired on Tuesday.

More at The Wall Street Journal.