What impact will the Emergency Broadband Benefit have on broadband affordability? A pair of recent surveys shed some light on how much the program, which provides direct payments to broadband providers to help defray the costs of broadband service, could help with issues of broadband affordability.
According to bill pay service Doxo, the average household in the U.S. spends $116 per month on cable and internet — meaning that the EBB could cut consumers’ monthly bills nearly in half, saving them 43% per month and nearly $600 over the course of this year. Doxo reports that 82% of U.S. households pay cable and internet bills which add up to nearly $1,400 per year.
