What is the Affordable Connectivity Program?

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program that replaces the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB Program) to help low-income households pay for internet service and connected devices.

If your household is eligible, you can receive:

• Up to a $30/month discount on your internet service
• Up to a $75/month discount if your household is on qualifying Tribal lands
• A one-time discount of up to $100 for a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer (with a co-payment of more than $10 but less than $50)

Only one monthly service discount and one device discount are allowed per household. To receive the connected device discount, consumers need to enroll in the ACP with a participating provider that offers connected devices (Note: not all internet companies offer device discounts.) The internet company will provide a discount to the consumer.

• Updated May 12, 2021
• Eligible households are NEW customers only
• Must have students in grades K-12 and/or college
• Installation fees will be waived
• Requirements: One or more members of your household must be a recipient of one of the following assistance programs:
  • National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
  • Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the NSLP

• Apply and approved by June 30, 2022
• Eligible households are NEW customers only
• Must have students in grades K-12 and/or college
• After the first two months expire, you can cancel the service or keep it as a regular paying Internet Essentials customer
• In 7-10 days you will receive an easy to use self-install-kit that includes a cable modem with a WiFi router
• No term contract or credit check and no shipping fee for equipment
• Requirements: One or more members of your household must be eligible for public assistance programs such as:
  • National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
  • Housing Assistance
  • Medicaid
  • Snap
• The website also includes the option to video chat with customer service agents in American Sign Language. There are also two dedicated phone numbers 1-855-846-8376 for English and 1-855-765-6995 for Spanish.

MIDCO
As of today, our education assistance program is ending. We remain committed to keeping everyone online and have options available for impacted families.
Option 1: Lifeline Assistance is a government program that makes internet affordable for many low-income households. If a customer qualifies, this credit could provide internet service (25 Mbps download speeds) for as low as $5.70 per month, including a modem. If they’ve tried to get Lifeline assistance before and were rejected, we encourage them to see if their current situation qualifies. They should visit Midco.com/Lifeline to register and learn more.
Option 2: If customers don’t qualify for Lifeline, they can still have internet service with our new Midco Internet Basics package featuring up to 25 Mbps downloads for $14.95 per month, including a modem lease.
Midco Internet for Remote Learning Needs Flyer

Frontier
Frontier is committed to helping qualified low-income individuals pay for telephone or qualified internet services. Lifeline service is a non-transferable (from one person to another) government assistance program that provides a discount on the cost of monthly telephone service only ($7.25) or qualified internet access service with or without telephone service ($9.25). Lifeline is limited to one discount per household and only eligible customers may enroll. To receive the Lifeline discount each month, you must certify that you or someone in your household currently receives benefits from one of these programs:

• Medicaid (also known as Minnesota Medical Assistance)
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) formerly Food Stamps
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8)
• VA Veterans Pension (Supplemental Income for Wartime Veterans)
• VA Survivors Pension