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 […]
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 […]
Comcast Increasing Internet Speeds for Majority of Customers in Greater Philly and New Jersey
Comcast today announced it will increase the speed of its popular Blast! tier by almost 50 percent to 150 Mbps (formerly 105 Mbps) and introduce a new Performance Pro speed tier of 75 Mbps. New and existing customers who subscribe to many popular Xfinity Triple Play bundles will receive Performance Pro, tripling their download speeds […]
Philadelphia’s Digital Divide: Overcoming Obstacles, Creating Opportunities
Recently at Drexel University’s Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships, Comcast hosted Dr. John Horrigan, America’s preeminent researcher on broadband adoption and the former head of research for the FCC’s National Broadband Plan, to deliver a keynote address on the topic of “Philadelphia’s Digital Divide: Overcoming Obstacles & Creating Opportunities.” The well-attended program featured a panel […]
