The spirit of the Internet Essentials program aligns with Comcast NBCUniversal’s mission to improve and enrich our customer communities.

Since 2011, our Internet Essentials network has grown to include over 9,000 school, government, and non-profit partners. We’ve also assembled more than 1,500 volunteers, including hundreds of Comcast NBCUniversal employees, to help spread the word about the power of Internet Essentials.

600K
Families
Connected

2.4M+
Low-Income
Americans
Connected

More than
75%
of Internet
Essentials
Customers
are POC

Comcast’s Internet Essentials has become the nation’s largest and most comprehensive high-speed Internet adoption program. By the end of 2015, more than two million low-income Americans had crossed the digital divide at home with Comcast’s Internet Essentials broadband service. Each year, Comcast has expanded and improved upon the program’s initial design, and in 2014 we announced the plan to extend our initial three-year commitment to Internet Essentials indefinitely.

In 2015, we grew the program by launching pilots in select Comcast markets for low-income seniors and community college students. When it comes to doing the right thing, our results speak for themselves. Not only is the program catching on and gaining significant traction, but more importantly, it is having a positive impact on diverse communities.

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