… year and you had two kids, you could have Internet going right by your house, but you had to make a really tough decision about whether you could afford it. The Affordable Connectivity Program helped [a Vermont family] with $30 towards the cost of the monthly bill for the high speed Internet. That doesn't sound like a lot. It's a lot. To a family that's making 15,000 or 11,000 and has kids. You know, it's tough to be poor. (02:42–02:55)
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Asserts that the program provided a $30 monthly subsidy for Internet costs to eligible families.
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