ITIF2025美国宽带可负担性蓝图优先考虑负担能力而非规模部署英文版13页

itif.org A Blueprint for Broadband Affordability JOE KANE | JANUARY 2025 Congress should create a more targeted and durable Affordable Connectivity Program by aligning funding priorities with the remaining causes of the digital divide. By prioritizing affordability rather than deployment, the new program can connect low-income households without new federal spending. KEY TAKEAWAYS  Ongoing private and federal investments combined with new technologies such as ubiquitous low earth orbit satellite coverage have made universal broadband deployment a reality. Lack of deployment is no longer a cause of the digital divide.  One major cause of the digital divide is lack of affordability, and funding priorities should shift from deployment to a targeted affordability program.  The renewed program should be a more targeted version of the erstwhile Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), keeping the central structure while incorporating reforms to address reasonable objections to the old p