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EQS-News: Comcast Invests in Chico, Calif. Launching Three New Lift Zones to Help Increase Digital Equity in the Region

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Sunday, December 18, 2022
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As part of its larger digital equity initiative, Comcast also announced donations totaling $75,000.

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  • As part of its larger digital equity initiative, Comcast also announced donations totaling $75,000.
  • Comcast’s Lift Zones program provides free WiFi, powered by Comcast Business, to enable students, seniors, families, and community members to get online and fully participate in the digital economy.
  • With these new locations, Comcast now offers three Lift Zones in the City of Chico — and a total of over 150 Lift Zones throughout its California service area.
  • “Helping to close the digital divide and address digital equity remain top priorities here in Chico,” said Mayor Andrew Coolidge, of Chico, CA.

EQS-News: Comcast California Hosts Inaugural Digital Equity Summit in San Francisco

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Friday, October 28, 2022
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Today, Comcast hosted a Digital Equity Summit in San Francisco.

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  • Today, Comcast hosted a Digital Equity Summit in San Francisco.
  • The summit also served as a moment to celebrate the work of Comcasts valued digital equity partners across California, who worked throughout the pandemic to help drive Internet adoption and provide digital literacy training for those in need.
  • 92 percent of sites report that being a Lift Zone helps them increase digital equity in their communities.
  • Powered by a Comcast Business solution, the company has installed more than 150 Lift Zones across the state of California.

Comcast California Hosts Inaugural Digital Equity Summit in San Francisco

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Friday, October 28, 2022
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Today, Comcast hosted a Digital Equity Summit in San Francisco.

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  • Today, Comcast hosted a Digital Equity Summit in San Francisco.
  • The summit also served as a moment to celebrate the work of Comcasts valued digital equity partners across California, who worked throughout the pandemic to help drive Internet adoption and provide digital literacy training for those in need.
  • 92 percent of sites report that being a Lift Zone helps them increase digital equity in their communities.
  • We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity right now to help connect the unconnected, said Broderick Johnson, EVP Digital Equity and EVP Public Policy, Comcast Corporation.

COMCAST OFFERING FREE AND DISCOUNTED INTERNET IN NEW JERSEY THROUGH THE FEDERAL AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022
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TREVOSE, Pa., Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast in New Jersey is offering free and discounted Internet options through the federal government's Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The ACP provides eligible low-income households with a credit up to $30 per month toward the cost of their Internet and/or mobile services. Eligible residents can now visit one of 20 Xfinity Store locations in New Jersey for assistance enrolling in ACP through Xfinity and applying their credit to any tier of Xfinity Internet service including Internet Essentials, which provides home Internet service at no cost when the ACP benefit is applied.

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  • TREVOSE, Pa., Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast in New Jersey is offering free and discounted Internet options through the federal government's Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP).
  • Qualifying customers who subscribe to Internet Essentials Plus and enroll in ACP through Xfinity will effectively get broadband for free after the $30/month ACP benefit is applied.
  • Internet Essentials customers can use their $30/month ACP discount toward a bundle of Xfinity Internet and Xfinity Mobile service.
  • Since 2011, Internet Essentials from Comcast the nation's largest and most comprehensive Internet adoption program has connected a cumulative total of more than 10 million people from low-income families to the Internet at home, including 276,000 in New Jersey.

DGAP-News: COMCAST INSTALLS FREE WIFI FOR NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE

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Wednesday, March 16, 2022
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Comcast announced today it has installed free WiFi access for members of the Native American community in Seattle.

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  • Comcast announced today it has installed free WiFi access for members of the Native American community in Seattle.
  • As part of its ongoing Lift Zones program, the free WiFi was activated at Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center and Labateyah Youth Home in Seattle.
  • 'These Lift Zones are part of our commitment to offer free resources and WiFi access further closing this divide for the Native American community.
  • Additionally, Comcast is actively working with several Native American communities in Washington on further investments and additional Lift Zone sites.

Comcast Expands Digital Equity Efforts: Installs Free WiFi at 1,000th Lift Zone Community Center

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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
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Comcast announced today that it has installed free WiFi in its 1,000th Lift Zone in St. Paul, Minnesota at The Sanneh Foundations Seton Center.

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  • Comcast announced today that it has installed free WiFi in its 1,000th Lift Zone in St. Paul, Minnesota at The Sanneh Foundations Seton Center.
  • Lift Zones came along at a critical time, providing free WiFi access within select recreation, community, and senior centers, as well as public housing computer labs.
  • As announced December 6th, Comcast also plans to provide free WiFi at up to 100 veteran-serving locations nationwide.
  • Lift Zones, where we provide free WiFi access to neighborhoods in need, are an extension of our efforts to address digital equity for everyone who needs the Internet for homework, for jobs, or learning digital skills.

Comcast Donates 1,200 Computers To Ohio County Schools Students, Community Partners In Wheeling

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Friday, October 22, 2021
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As part of that effort, Comcast is donating 850 of these computers to Ohio County Schools students, with the district identifying students in need who are involved in a variety of programs in its four middle schools and Wheeling Park High School.

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  • As part of that effort, Comcast is donating 850 of these computers to Ohio County Schools students, with the district identifying students in need who are involved in a variety of programs in its four middle schools and Wheeling Park High School.
  • Ohio County Schools also plans to distribute some laptops to community partners, including Crittenton Services and the Children's Home of Wheeling.
  • "Comcast's donation will benefit so many students who would have no other way to own such technology," Ohio County Schools Superintendent Kimberly Miller said.
  • Ohio County Schools is so grateful for this exceptional educational outreach by Comcast."

Comcast Expands Internet Essentials to Federal Pell Grant Recipients and Pledges $15 Million – in Free Internet Service and 25,000 Laptops – to Help Get Even More Americans Connected

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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
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Internet Essentials the nations largest, most successful, and most comprehensive broadband adoption program for low-income households will now expand eligibility to Federal Pell Grant recipients.

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  • Internet Essentials the nations largest, most successful, and most comprehensive broadband adoption program for low-income households will now expand eligibility to Federal Pell Grant recipients.
  • In addition, Comcast pledged to donate $15 million worth of Internet service and equipment, including more than 25,000 laptops, to low-income students, seniors, veterans, and adults.
  • For those young people pursuing higher education, the expansion of IE eligibility to Pell Grant recipients is a real boost.
  • The Federal Pell Grant program, established in 1965, is the largest source of federal grant aid for students pursuing a postsecondary education.

Comcast's Internet Essentials Program Donates 3,000 Laptops and Free Internet Service to Baltimore City as Part of Company's Largest Laptop Donation of Its Kind

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Monday, September 20, 2021
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BALTIMORE, Sept. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Comcast announced today the donation of 3,000 new laptops and free Internet service from its Internet Essentials program across Baltimore City to be distributed among several organizations focused on education, digital equity, and workforce development.

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  • BALTIMORE, Sept. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Comcast announced today the donation of 3,000 new laptops and free Internet service from its Internet Essentials program across Baltimore City to be distributed among several organizations focused on education, digital equity, and workforce development.
  • "This is an incredible moment for Baltimore," said Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott.
  • Thanks to their donation, Baltimore students will be able to learn remotely with reliable, high-speed Internet access."
  • We are also grateful for this wonderful donation from Comcast to our students," added Sonja Brookins Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools.

DGAP-News: Digital Equity Initiatives in Independence/Blue Springs

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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
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This is a major challenge in cities across the Kansas City metro, including Independence and Blue Springs, and it is something Comcast is working hard to address.

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  • This is a major challenge in cities across the Kansas City metro, including Independence and Blue Springs, and it is something Comcast is working hard to address.
  • During the pandemic, Comcast launched two new programs to help: Lift Zones and Internet Essentials Partnership Program.
  • I want to thank each and every member of the Comcast team that made the Lift Zone initiatives possible within our Clubs.
  • For more information about Internet Essentials and Comcast's commitment to education and digital equity, please visit https://corporate.comcast.com/education .