Updated ACP enrollment performanc tool includes ACP risk score

​Today, the Benton Institute released the latest version of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) Enrollment Performance Tool, which updates data through February 2024 and includes a valuable new feature: the ACP Risk Score for each zip code. This score indicates the degree to which households in a given zip code are at risk of losing or reducing internet connectivity from the ACP benefit lapse. Providers can use this information to understand the impact of ACP termination on their market areas.

CBAN would encourage broadband providers and communities to use the tool to help understand the impact that the ACP has had in your community/service area and what it might mean when ACP sunsets at the end of April. As an example, below is a screenshot of the performance for CBAN member Mount Ayr, Iowa, which is one of the communities where CBAN provides digital navigator services.

The data shows that Mount Ayr has nearly twice as many ACP enrollees that the predicted average among all communities. 113 households in that zip code will lose their $30 monthly ACP benefit at the end of April.