Shawn Wright worries a lot about his mom.
Wright, a 50-year-old IT manager from Oklahoma City, lives more than 1,300 miles from his elderly mother in Philadelphia and stays connected with her through regular phone calls, rudimentary texting, and a security camera system. He says she’s generally hesitant to welcome new technology into her life, but after she qualified for the federal Affordable Connectivity Program and a $30-per-month broadband stipend in 2021, she agreed to get internet access in her home and connect an Android phone to Wi-Fi.
Now that government-funded broadband stipend is winding down.
“I haven’t told her yet that the subsidy is ending, because I’m just going to start
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