internet access

Developing Taiwan’s own ‘Starlink’ crucial for island-wide emergency, space agency says

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Taiwan’s leaders are working on an ambitious new satellite system to keep the island online in case of disaster, as it deals ...

Lawmakers and advocates make last-ditch push to extend affordable internet subsidy

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-three million families in the U.S. will have bigger internet bills starting in May. That’s because a federal broadband ...

1 in 6 Wisconsin households may face spikes in internet bills with the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program. Here’s what to know.

U.S.
Amanda Smith

As a “single senior” who has to be careful with how she spends, Mequon resident Donna Daniels said she’s relied on benefits ...

White House renews calls on Congress to extend internet subsidy program

Politics
Amanda Smith

The White House is pressing Congress to extend a subsidy program that helps one in six U.S. families afford internet and represents ...

Biden’s vow of affordable internet for all is threatened by the looming expiration of subsidies

Politics
Amanda Smith

President Joe Biden recently traveled to North Carolina to promote his goal of affordable internet access for all Americans, but the promise ...