Comcast Greater Chicago Region

Serving Central & Northern Illinois, Northwest Indiana & Southwest Michigan

CITY OF CHICAGO PRESS RELEASE: Chicago Launches Groundbreaking Initiative to Bridge Digital Divide, Providing Free High-speed Internet Access to over 100,000 CPS Students

Public, Nonprofit and Philanthropic Leaders Develop $50 Million Program to Provide Free, High-Speed Internet for Four Years June 25, 2020 – Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today announced the launch of ‘Chicago Connected,’ a groundbreaking program that will provide free high-speed internet service to approximately 100,000 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students in their households. This first-of-its-kind […]

Comcast Announces Expansion of Internet Essentials Program to all low-income Central Illinois Households, including more Families, Seniors and People with Disabilities

Comcast hosts seminar to train trainers to help seniors and people with disabilities access the Internet safely and securely November 25, 2019 – Comcast announced today that since the 2011 launch of Internet Essentials, the nation’s largest, most comprehensive and most successful low-income broadband adoption program, around 880,000 Illinois residents – and nationwide, more than […]

Mayor Lightfoot and Comcast Announce Largest Ever Expansion of Internet Essentials in Chicago

Investment Will Double the Number of Low-Income Households Eligible for Internet Essentials, Expand Digital Youth Learning Labs Throughout Chicago August 16, 2019 – Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today joined Comcast Corporation and Chicago Public Library (CPL) at the Austin Library Branch to announce the largest ever expansion of Internet Essentials in the City of Chicago. […]

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Library to Celebrate Opening of the Whitney Young Branch

Library in the Chatham neighborhood underwent a $12 million gut renovation and expansion January 10, 2019 – Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Library (CPL) Commissioner Brian Bannon joined 6th Ward Alderman Roderick Sawyer and community members to celebrate the re-opening of the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Branch Library. Whitney Young, located at 415 East 79th […]

Chicago Remains #1 City for Enrollment in Internet Essentials, Comcast’s Acclaimed High-speed Residential Internet Adoption Program for Low-Income Americans

National Urban League joins Comcast in Chicago to talk about the digital divide, share results of a joint digital literacy skills training partnership October 1, 2018 — Comcast announced today that it has connected nearly 300,000 low-income Chicagoans – more than any other city – to the Internet at home through Internet Essentials, the nation’s […]