CSR Wire

Comcast Expands Internet Essentials to Federal Pell Grant Recipients and Pledges $15M to Get Even More Americans Connected

PHILADELPHIA, September 29, 2021 /CSRwire/ - Comcast today announced new steps to help advance digital equity for even more students and families. Internet Essentials – the nation’s largest, most ...
Engadget

Comcast makes its affordable broadband available to low-income undergrads

Comcast has expanded Internet Essentials' coverage to include Federal Pell Grant recipients within areas where it's available. By doing so, it's giving undergraduates from low-income households access ...
Business Wire

Comcast Expands Internet Essentials to Federal Pell Grant Recipients and Pledges $15 Million – in Free Internet Service and 25,000 Laptops – to Help Get Even More Americans ...

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Comcast today announced new steps to help advance digital equity for even more students and families. Internet Essentials – the nation’s largest, most successful, and ...
Technical

1 in 10 eligible Philly families have joined Comcast’s low-cost Internet program

More than 9,000 Philadelphia families, or about nine percent of the 98,000 eligible households, have signed up for Comcast‘s low-cost Internet program, according to numbers from Comcast. That’s up ...
Business Wire

Comcast Announces Fifth Back-to-School Kickoff for Internet Essentials

Internet Essentials from Comcast is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive high-speed Internet adoption program. It provides low-cost high-speed Internet service for $9.95 a month plus tax; the ...
Government Technology

Comcast Offering Free, Discounted Internet in Mississippi

(TNS) — Comcast has announced multiple free and discounted internet options for Tupelo residents through the Federal Communication Committee’s Affordable Connectivity Program and the company’s own ...

Comcast Breaks Ground in the Rural Area of Kings County to Connect Homes and Businesses to High-Speed Internet

Lemoore, California, October 29th, 2025, FinanceWireComcast Investment in Kings County Connects Thousands of Homes and ...
Technical

Comcast is offering two months of free internet through its Internet Essentials program

Update 3/16/2020: Over the next 60 days, Comcast has also opened up its Xfinity Wi-Fi free to for public use and paused its data plan, so everyone will have access to unlimited data. The company said ...
TechSpot

Comcast expands low-cost Internet Essentials program to include Pell Grant recipients

The big picture: Comcast is expanding its Internet Essentials program to include Federal Pell Grant recipients. The Pell Grant was established in 1965 as part of the Higher Education Act, and awards ...
The Business Journals

Comcast donating laptops and $15M in internet service to low-income households

Comcast is also expanding its Internet Essentials program to include Pell Grant recipients. Comcast Corp. will donate $15 million in internet service and about 25,000 laptops to low-income students ...
CSR Wire

Internet Essentials Progress Report: Making a Difference in the Lives of Millions of People

Just over 10 years ago, Comcast began an unprecedented journey to help connect under-resourced and unconnected Americans to the life-changing power of the Internet. Each year, we deliver an annual ...