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 […]
Comcast, City of Philadelphia Help 11,000 Cross the Digital Divide Since March
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 […]
Expanding Access to Technology for People with Disabilities
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 […]
Closing the Digital Divide in Philadelphia with Internet Essentials and Local Partners
Comcast recently made some big announcements in its hometown of Philadelphia, the last stop on a multi-city tour for Comcast Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer David L. Cohen and Olympian and Internet Essentials Spokesperson Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Philadelphia’s Olney Elementary School served as the backdrop for an assembly with Philadelphia Mayor Jim […]
Wilmington City Council Partners with Comcast to Conquer the Digital Divide
Recently Comcast and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a partnership to close the digital divide for up to two million HUD-assisted households through Internet Essentials, Comcast’s high-speed internet adoption program for low-income families. Since that announcement, community leaders have worked to encourage HUD and other affordable housing-assisted city residents to apply […]