https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/05/17/emergency-program-to-give-people-50-off-internet-bill/ > Americans can now apply for $50 off their monthly internet bill as part of an emergency government program to keep people connected during the pandemic. > The $3.2 billion program is part of the $900 billion December pandemic-relief package. The government is increasing spending on broadband as the pandemic made stark that millions of Americans did not have access to, and could not afford, broadband at a time when jobs, school and health care was moving online.