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Efforts to close the digital divide in Philly are gradually bearing fruit | Opinion

January 5, 2022

Bret Perkins, senior vice president of external and government affairs for Comcast Corporation, penned an op-ed that ran in the Philadelphia Inquirer on December 29, 2021, that highlights progress made in closing the digital divide in Philadelphia as well as new and ongoing efforts. Read the full piece, here.

Filed Under: Community Investment
Tagged With: 2022, Bret Perkins, digital divide, January, op-ed, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Inquirer

Digital Inclusion at the Heart of People’s Emergency Center – A Comcast Partnership

August 23, 2021

People’s Emergency Center (PEC) and Comcast are working together to bring Internet access and technology offerings to previously disconnected people in Philadelphia, building on nearly two decades of collaboration on digital inclusion and digital literacy – and now offering career building skills like robotics, 3D modeling and flight simulation.   A Shared History  Comcast has held […]

Filed Under: Community Investment
Tagged With: 2021, August, digital divide, digital literacy, internet essentials, Lift Zones, People's Emergency Center, Philadelphia

Comcast, Trenton Organizations Launch WiFi-Connected “Lift Zones” to Assist Low-Income Students

January 22, 2021

Comcast Lawncrest Recreation Center - LiftZone

Comcast has announced the opening of four WiFi-connected Lift Zones at the Catholic Youth Organization of Mercer County and Boys & Girls Clubs of Mercer County facilities in Trenton and Lawrenceville. Comcast is providing robust WiFi coverage at these safe spaces that will help up to 300 low-income students get online each day to participate in distance education and other programming.   Lift Zones complement Comcast’s Internet Essentials program, which has helped connect more than 8 million low-income people to the Internet […]

Filed Under: Community Investment
Tagged With: Community Investment, digital divide, internet essentials, Lift Zones, New Jersey

Comcast, City of Philadelphia Help 11,000 Cross the Digital Divide Since March

October 22, 2020

Unprecedented Collaboration with Philadelphia to Assist Students through Pandemic “If there is a silver lining to this pandemic, it is the progress that has been made in closing the digital divide across the country and the historic collaboration we’ve witnessed in Philadelphia between the City, school district, non-profits, philanthropists and private business to help us […]

Filed Under: Community Investment
Tagged With: 2020, Community Investment, digital divide, internet essentials, Philadelphia, PHLConnectED, School District of Philadelphia

Expanding Access to Technology for People with Disabilities

December 20, 2016

By Adam Hymans, Director of Strategic Communications, SPIN. For the past 46 years, SPIN (Special People in Northeast) has supported thousands of people with autism and intellectual disability to live, learn and work as valued members of the community. Our new Comcast Digital Literacy Lab at SPIN helps us continue our mission by putting technology […]

Filed Under: Community Investment, Featured, homepage
Tagged With: digital divide, Digital Lab, digital literacy, employment, grants, partnership, Philly, Special Needs, SPIN

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HomeWorks Trenton Scholars visit Comcast Technology Center

Girl Power: Trenton teens meet with female technologists, engineers at Comcast

February 3, 2023

A group of ten young women from HomeWorks in Trenton recently traveled to Philadelphia to tour the Comcast Technology Center and meet with members of Comcast’s … Read More...

Customer Experience

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Comcast and Hopewell Township Partner to Connect Residents, Businesses

January 24, 2023

Comcast has partnered with the Hopewell Township Committee to expand our network into unserved areas of Hopewell Township, NJ, ensuring the availability of … Read More...

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Comcast Business Completes $2 Million Fiber Broadband Expansion to Philadelphia’s Food Distribution Center

September 15, 2022

Comcast Business today announced the completion of a $2 million fiber network expansion to serve Philadelphia's Food Distribution Center. Located around Packer … Read More...

Events

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A Veterans Day Special Salute – 200 American Flags Retired

November 19, 2019

Comcast is committed to supporting veterans and the broader military community – both inside the company and out. One example is our Veterans Network Employee … Read More...

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