Community Investment

Attention Customers Whose Homes Were Damaged by the Recent Tornadoes in Illinois, NW Indiana and SW Michigan

November 21, 2013

Our hearts go out to all of those who are suffering as a result of the storms that struck in Illinois, Indiana and elsewhere last weekend. In an effort to help customers who lost their homes or whose homes are uninhabitable due to the storms, in the short term, Comcast is waiving late and early […]

Comcast Announces 30,000 Families Enrolled in Internet Essentials in state, over 1,000 in Central Illinois

October 17, 2013

With school now well underway, Comcast is once again working with local community partners, including the Springfield Urban League, to connect local families to Internet Essentials, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption initiative for low-income families. Internet Essentials helps close the digital divide by providing eligible families low-cost broadband service at home for […]

Comcast Visits Lincoln, IL, talks about Internet Essentials, Digital Divide

September 20, 2013

With the start of the new school year, Comcast is re-launching Internet Essentials, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption initiative for low-income families. Internet Essentials helps close the digital divide by providing eligible families low-cost broadband service for $9.95 a month. Participating families also can purchase an Internet-ready computer for less than $150 […]

What Internet Essentials Means to Chicago Families, by Mayor Rahm Emanuel

September 18, 2013

Click the picture to the left to read Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s blog post, “What Internet Essentials Means to Chicago Families” on Comcast Voices. The mayor talks about how Comcast’s Internet Essentials program helps close the digital divide by providing eligible low-income families with Internet access at home for $9.95 per month. More than 14,000 Chicago families […]

Mayor Emanuel, Comcast Announce that Chicago’s Internet Essentials Enrollment Doubles to 14,000, more than in any other City in the Nation

September 16, 2013

Establishing “Internet Essentials Learning Zones” to Bring Community Based Partners Together to Eliminate the Digital Divide… Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Comcast Executive Vice President David L. Cohen and United Way of Metropolitan Chicago President and CEO Wendy DuBoe, along with civic and community leaders, today kicked off the third year of the Comcast Internet Essentials program. […]