Announces Launch of Additional Program Expansions for City Residents Comcast today announced the launch of a pilot program for low-income senior citizens in Philadelphia as part of Internet Essentials, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive high-speed Internet adoption program for low-income Americans. In less than five years, Internet Essentials has connected more than 600,000 low-income […]
Internet Essentials Reaches New Philadelphia Milestones
Yesterday, Comcast made new announcements about our expansion of Internet Essentials, the largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption program in the country. Along with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) ConnectHome initiative, we introduced a pilot program to attack the digital divide for public housing residents. Through the pilot, eligibility for Internet […]
The cruel irony of the ‘digital divide’ and how it’s hurting Philadelphia
By David L. Cohen, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer of Comcast Corp. Article originally appeared in the Philadelphia Business Journal on February 12, 2016 For more than a decade, there has been a national debate about how to close the digital divide: the gap between those who are connected to high-speed Internet […]
Bridging the Digital Divide Through Adult Education
By Dr. Kevin R. Johnson, President & CEO, Philadelphia OIC Philadelphia OIC has a long and well-earned reputation as a workforce development leader that helps people help themselves. Founded during the civil rights movement, we have long-focused on educational gains and economic empowerment among some of the city’s most vulnerable populations. Bridging education and economic […]
People’s Emergency Center, Comcast: Bridge to Digital Inclusion in Philadelphia
By Kathy Desmond, President, and Tan Vu, Director of Digital Inclusion, People’s Emergency Center People’s Emergency Center (PEC) has been providing Philadelphians with free to low-cost Internet access, digital literacy training, and refurbished equipment since 2003, with the support of a host of funders, partners, and volunteers, including Comcast and its employees. Initially a strategy to […]