Biden announces program offering discounted internet service

AAMER MADHANI and WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press//May 9, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to people with low incomes, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy.

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