The Internet is arguably the most important technological innovation in history. Since 2011, Internet Essentials from Comcast has connected more than eight million low-income people to low-cost, high-speed Internet at home so that students, parents, veterans, and now all qualified low-income households can be ready for anything.
Listen as David L. Cohen, Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer discusses how Internet Essentials is empowering tomorrow's generation.
Internet Essentials is about far more than bringing high-speed internet into a home; It is about designing and delivering a program that addresses the three main barriers to a high-speed internet service at home in a way that meets people where they are, in their own language, on their own time.
Comcast has connected over 8 million low-income Americans to high-speed internet.
Comcast has invested more than $650 million in digital literacy training and awareness, reaching more than 9.5 million people.
Comcast has provided low-income Americans with 100,000 affordable subsidized computers.
with school-age children use their Internet Essentials service to complete schoolwork, 93% have seen a positive impact on their child’s grades.
feel their service has helped them or someone in the household locate or obtain employment.
say Internet Essentials helps them or their family compete in the current technology environment.
Households living in cities like Trenton, NJ and Flint, MI with the highest poverty rates, are up to 10 times more likely than those in higher earning cities like Palo Alto, CA and Bethesda, MD not to have fixed broadband Internet service at home.* This is the stark reality of the digital divide.
Only 6% of households in higher earning cities, where poverty rates are very low, DO NOT have a fixed broadband subscription.
Up to 60% of households in cities where poverty rates are above the national average, DO NOT have a fixed broadband subscription at home.
