In an article published on Feb. 7, 2024, by Light Reading, partner John Heitmann spoke about the FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which subsidizes broadband for low-income households, and the impact that the FCC’s newly imposed enrollment freeze will have on consumers and the organizations advocating to save the program.

"We have the enrollment freeze kicking in on Thursday [February 8]. And working with service providers on communications around that enrollment freeze is really challenging," said Heitmann. "Trying to operationalize what you can offer to whom and why, and put that in words that can be understood easily by consumers on your website or by any of the folks who are doing the good work of the outreach in the field ... a lot of work's going into it, and I give all the providers a lot of credit for trying to get it right. But it's going to be confusing on Thursday for folks."

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