Comcast will:
1) Make it even easier for low-income families who live in a Comcast service area to sign up by offering new customers 60 days of complimentary Internet Essentials service; and
2) Increase Internet speeds for the Internet Essentials service from 15/2 Mbps to 25/3 Mbps for all new and existing customers. Read more here: https://comca.st/2U6UvS8.
Comcast has extended their COVID-19 response policies through June 30th, helping to ensure students can finish out the school year from home and people can remain connected to the Internet. Explore all of the commitments Comcast made here: https://comca.st/2SeVtfa.
Comcast will continue to provide 60 days of free Internet service to new, eligible Internet Essentials customers. Originally set to expire on June 30, the free offer will now be available through the end of 2020. In addition, Comcast will continue to waive, through 2020, the requirement that customers not have a past due balance with Comcast to qualify for the free offer. Read more here: https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/comcast-extends-free-internet-service-new-internet-essentials-customers.
In August, Comcast announced it is giving all Internet Essentials customers its innovative xFi platform, which enables parents to control and manage their children’s WiFi connected devices. Read more here: https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/new-internet-essentials-programs-schools-students-families-connected-academic-year?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=iebts.
Comcast announced a multiyear program to launch more than 1,000 WiFi-connected “Lift Zones” in community centers nationwide in September. Read more here: https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/comcast-announces-1000–liftzones-in-community-centers-in-us-cities.
In September, BUILD and Comcast NBCUniversal introduced a new virtual digital curriculum to help teachers and out of school providers as students struggle to adapt to remote learning across the country. Read more here:https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/comcast-nbcuniversal-build-org-free-digital-curriculum-educators-students
In October, Comcast launched Comcast RISE, a multi-year initiative created to help strengthen and empower small businesses, starting with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color owned businesses; those hardest hit by COVID-19. The Comcast RISE program will help thousands of small businesses over the next three years through grants, marketing and technology upgrades, including media campaigns and connectivity, computer and voice equipment, as well as free marketing insights to all applicants. Learn more here: www.comcastrise.com.
In December, Comcast announced it will extend its commitments to help people connect to the Internet during the COVID-19 pandemic as millions continue to stay home while many workplaces and schools operate virtually. Comcast will continue to provide free Internet service for the first 60 days for new Internet Essentials customers, and free access to more than 1.5 million public Xfinity WiFi hotspots, the largest network of its kind in the country, through June 30, 2021. Learn more here: Comcast Extends COVID Support Through June 30, 2021
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, the leading media company serving Hispanics in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, in partnership with Comcast’s Internet Essential program and the Hispanic Heritage Foundation, announced a gift of over 1,000 laptops and free internet service for a year to young people, students, and seniors across the United States. The laptops and internet access are being donated by Comcast, with technology training for laptop recipients being provided by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation. Learn more here: Comcast and Internet Essentials Partner with Telemundo to Help Bridge the Digital Divide This Holiday Season.