{"id":134799,"date":"2021-05-05T10:36:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T14:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?p=134799"},"modified":"2021-05-05T10:36:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T14:36:44","slug":"fcc-ebb-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/2021\/05\/05\/fcc-ebb-program\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC Emergency Broadband Benefit Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/tech\/files\/2021\/05\/students-girl-earbud-laptop-writing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2021\/05\/students-girl-earbud-laptop-writing-636x358.png\" alt=\"Female student sitting at a table taking notes while watching a presentation on a laptop\" width=\"325\" height=\"183\" class=\"wp-image-134801 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2021\/05\/students-girl-earbud-laptop-writing-636x358.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2021\/05\/students-girl-earbud-laptop-writing-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2021\/05\/students-girl-earbud-laptop-writing-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2021\/05\/students-girl-earbud-laptop-writing.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a>We\u2019re spreading the word about the FCC\u2019s Emergency Broadband Benefit, a temporary program which provides a discount\u00a0to help students and households struggling to afford internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve received a Federal Pell Grant during the current award year, or suffered a significant income loss since February 2020, you may qualify for a discount of up to $50 per month off of broadband service from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/emergency-broadband-benefit-providers\">approved provider<\/a>, or up to $75 per month if you live on qualifying Tribal lands.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible households will be able to enroll in the program <strong>beginning May 12, 2021<\/strong> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getemergencybroadband.org\/\">https:\/\/www.getemergencybroadband.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getemergencybroadband.org\/do-i-qualify\/\">if you qualify<\/a>, and learn more about this program at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/broadbandbenefit\/\">https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/broadbandbenefit<\/a> or by calling 833-511-0311.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re spreading the word about the FCC\u2019s Emergency Broadband Benefit, a temporary program which provides a discount\u00a0to help students and households struggling to afford internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you\u2019ve received a Federal Pell Grant during the current award year, or suffered a significant income loss since February 2020, you may qualify for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1301,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[795],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134799"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134804,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134799\/revisions\/134804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}