Comcast to expand broadband internet to more households by donating digital service and equipment

Comcast reports that it has instituted new steps to help advance digital equity for more students and families. According to a news release, Comcast will donate Internet service and equipment worth $15 million. This includes more than 25,000 laptops to low-income students, seniors, veterans, and adults.

Internet Essentials, described as “the nation’s largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption program for low-income households,” is expanding eligibility to Federal Pell Grant recipients, according to the news release.
Comcast is marking the 10th anniversary of its Internet Essentials program, which has connected a cumulative total of more than 10 million people to the Internet at home – most for the very first time, the release said.

The announcement is part of Project UP, Comcast’s “comprehensive initiative to advance digital equity and help build a future of unlimited possibilities.”