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On January 11, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the wind-down of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which provides eligible subscribers with a benefit of up to $30 per month. According to the FCC, ACP funds are now nearly depleted. Without additional funding from Congress, current ACP funding is projected to run out this […]

New Subscriber Payment Portal CoastConnect subscribers may now use our new portal to manage their accounts. Subscribers will receive an email from the address [email protected] that includes a link to our new portal. Please make sure to put this email address on your list of safe senders. This will be the email we use to

From pediatricians to psychologists, experts agree that spending quality time is among the best investments a parent can make for their children. But it’s also sometimes the most difficult to pull off.  Between parents’ work responsibilities and their child’s school, sports, and activities schedules, time for parents to bond with their kids can slip away.

Smart home assistants like Amazon’s Alexa and its Echo and Dot smart speakers, Apple’s Siri and its HomeKit, and Google Home Assistant and its Nest product line have become popular in recent years. Also known as voice-controlled smart devices, or digital assistants, it’s getting hard to find a home that doesn’t have at least one

We’ve all experienced occasional slower internet speeds from time to time. And too often, this happens at the worst times, like when you’ve finally gotten a moment to binge that show everyone is always talking about! For some of us, though, slower internet speeds and poor streaming are regular occurrences. We get the frustration. And

In partnership with CoBank, a national cooperative bank that serves utilities in rural America, Coast Electric Power Association and its high-speed internet subsidiary, CoastConnect, have issued grants to local non-profit organizations through CoBank’s Sharing Success program. The program helps cooperatives nationwide give back to charities in their local communities, which is an important focus for

Since 2020, 100,000 rural Mississippi residents have subscribed to and received reliable high-speed internet from 17 wholly-owned subsidiaries of electric cooperatives across the state. In addition to surpassing the 100,000-subscriber milestone, the 17 electric cooperative subsidiaries have collectively built nearly 25,000 miles of fiber optical cable and invested more than $760 million for high-speed internet

Every year, more American seniors — over 55 million of them, according to AARP — are living independently and “aging in place” in their homes. Our seniors can enjoy peace of mind for a safer, more secure home life. And given the rising costs of senior living facilities, many elderly adults are better off financially

Every parent laments the inordinate amounts of time their kids spend in front of their screens. From scrolling through social media posts and pictures, to sharing YouTube and TikTok videos, to seemingly endless threads of chat, text and email messages, it can feel like there’s a never-ending flurry of online activity. Given the swaths of

Internet technology has advanced exponentially over the past three decades. Faster and more reliable than ever, today’s consumer has many choices when it comes to high-speed internet. But if your neighborhood has a variety of options, which kind of internet technology should you choose? Is there any real difference between the different internet services available?