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Comcast Connects Champaign County

August 1, 2022

Comcast is helping communities across Champaign County meet their current and future connectivity needs and close the digital divide

Champaign County doesn’t need expensive, complex plans to meet its current and future connectivity needs or close the digital divide. The solutions are already in place:

  • The communities Comcast serves in Champaign County are “Gigabit Cities.” Comcast’s network reaches all the residential neighborhoods in the communities we serve in the county, giving them access to Gigabit+ broadband Internet service, as well as our digital equity programs.
  • The federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) can cover the cost of Internet Essentials, Comcast’s low-cost Internet service for low-income families, and subsidize the cost of Comcast’s and other Internet and mobile plans available in Champaign County.

Gigabit+ service in Champaign County

Comcast’s nearly 1,000 miles of fiber-rich network infrastructure in Champaign County allow us to deliver residential download speeds up to 1.2 Gigabits per second (Gbps) and commercial speeds up to 100 Gbps. In addition, we have more than 20,000 WiFi hotspots in Champaign County and more than 20 million nationwide.

We invest in our network to stay ahead of demand, support new technologies and accommodate changing lifestyles, and we invest in the communities we serve

Over the past decade, Comcast has invested $30 billion in technology and network infrastructure nationally – $1.3 billion over the last three years in Illinois alone – to deliver an even greater customer experience, increase reliability and speeds and double network capacity every 2.5 years to stay ahead of growing demand, an explosion of new devices and technologies and more people than ever working and going to school at home and on the go. These investments made it possible for Comcast to accommodate a 32% growth in upstream traffic and 11% growth in downstream traffic during the height of the pandemic. We invest in our network continually to make sure we meet the current and future needs of all the households we serve, regardless of zip code.

Comcast has committed $1 billion over the next 10 years to bring about digital equity

Three students gather around a laptop to study togetherProject UP is a comprehensive 10-year, $1 billion Comcast initiative designed to advance digital equity and help build a future of unlimited possibilities. Internet Essentials, Project UP’s centerpiece, provides low-cost Internet service, digital skills training and subsidized computers to eligible low-income households. Internet Essentials is available to students of all ages from grammar school to college, seniors, veterans, people with disabilities and public housing residents enrolled in public assistance programs, ranging from Medicaid to SNAP. The program has helped more than 1.6 million Illinois residents access the Internet at home since it was launched in 2011. Comcast is participating in the ACP, which provides eligible low-income households a credit up to $30 a month toward the cost of Internet and/or mobile service, including all of Comcast’s Xfinity Internet and Xfinity Mobile plans, as well as Internet Essentials.

We’re part of your community

Comcast is proud to serve Champaign County. We’re more than just your Internet Service Provider. We’re your friends, neighbors and coworkers, and we share a future. For more information, e-mail economic_development@comcast.com.

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