With ACP Funding 'at Risk,' Closing Digital Divide Also 'at Risk': Davidson

NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson warned the "broad goal of closing the digital divide is at risk" because the FCC's affordable connectivity program is "at risk of running out of money," during a New America event Wednesday (see 2306130057). Davidson emphasized the need for affordable broadband options as the agency administers its broadband, equity, access and deployment program. The internet is "the essential communications tool in our modern world" and millions of people across the country "still lack access to an affordable high speed internet," he said: "If we want to reach our goal of helping Americans thrive online, a connection alone is not enough."