Comcast Helps Bridge the Digital Divide with Internet Essentials

Comcast Helps Bridge the Digital Divide with Internet Essentials put�v ad�f��eess to free digital literacy education materials and resources.

 

The momentum of Comcast’s Internet Essentials program continues to grow across the nation. Since its inception, Internet Essentials has enrolled more than 50,000 new families every six months and, in the last six months alone, 70,000 new families have signed up.  In addition, Comcast has distributed more than 18,000 subsidized computers and provided digital literacy training to nearly 20,000 people. Comcast has also partnered with nearly 7,000 community organizations, agencies and officials to help spread the word about Internet Essentials.

 

In addition, for the second time in two years, Comcast has increased its broadband speeds for Internet Essentials to up to 5 Mbps downstream and up to 1 Mbps upstream.  Comcast has also expanded the instant approval process to families with children that attend schools where 70 percent or more of the students are eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).  Students at private schools, parochial schools and home schools, in addition to public and charter school students, are also now eligible to take advantage of Internet Essentials.

 

To qualify for Internet Essentials, a family must live in an area where Comcast provides service and have at least one child eligible for free or reduced-price school lunch through the NSLP. Families must not have subscribed to Comcast Internet service in the past 90 days or have an overdue service bill or unreturned equipment.

                                                        

To learn more about Internet Essentials or to enroll, visit InternetEssentials.com (1-855-846-8376) or InternetBasico.com (1-855-765-6995) for Spanish language materials. Educators, community groups or civic leaders wishing to learn more about sharing Internet Essentials information with their constituents should visit partner.internetessentials.com.