Internet Essentials to Reach More Than 40 Percent of All HUD-Assisted Households Nationwide… Comcast and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) ConnectHome initiative took an historic step to close the digital divide in America. Now, public housing and HUD-assisted residents living in Comcast’s service area can participate in Internet Essentials, the company’s […]
Internet Essentials, Comcast’s High-Speed Internet Program for Low-Income Families, to Be Extended to Community College Students in Illinois
Pilot Program Will Help more than 90,000 Illinois Community College Students Cross the Digital Divide… Chicago Still #1 in the Country in Internet Essentials Enrollment, Connecting Nearly 120,000 Low-Income Residents to High-Speed Internet Service at Home… Comcast Corporation announced a pilot program today that will extend Internet Essentials, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive high-speed […]
Chance the Rapper, Ludacris Launch Get Schooled, Get Connected Spring Challenge in Chicago to help Students Finish the School Year Strong
Chicago Public Schools high school students completed more than 50,000 quests during inaugural three-month challenge… Chance the Rapper and Ludacris joined Internet Essentials, city and school leaders at Alcott College Prep on Tuesday afternoon to kick off the popular Get Schooled, Get Connected Spring Challenge, which is designed to help thousands of Chicago Public Schools […]
Boys & Girls Club of America and Comcast NBCUniversal Announce Major Partnership and the Launch of the My.Future Technology Initiative in Chicago
Partnership is Comcast NBCUniversal’s largest with the nonprofit; My.Future provides hands-on technology training to equip youth at the Little Village Boys & Girls Club in Chicago with skills needed to succeed in digital age Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) and Comcast NBCUniversal announced today that they have entered into a five-year national partnership valued […]
Enrollment in Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program in Chicago Metro Area Reaches 33,000 Households – More than any other Metro Area
Comcast announces it will extend Internet Essentials program enrollment; Chicago, Cicero-Berwyn receive “Gold Medal Recognition” from Comcast for numbers of families enrolled in program; Two new “Internet Essentials Learning Zones” to bring community partners together to address digital divide… Comcast announced today in Chicago that enrollment in its Internet Essentials program in the Chicago Metropolitan […]
