The following is a nationwide news release that sums up the biggest expansion ever of Comcast’s low-income broadband program, Internet Essentials. We wanted to share it, and with some local numbers. We can use everyone’s help in getting the word out about this program. There are our estimates of the number of households across Washington State […]
Seattle Joins Public Housing Pilot Program for Low-Cost Broadband Access
Today’s news about milestones in Internet Essentials, the program that brings low-cost broadband, is found on the Comcast corporate blog. But you may have noticed that there are local implications since Seattle is one of the pilot cities to embrace a public housing component. Here’s a local response from King County Housing Authority, whose units […]
Comcast and Spokane Salvation Army Cooperate on One of Washington’s Largest Back-to-School Backpack Giveaways
The numbers are astounding and speak to the high need in the Inland Northwest communities. The line to enter the back-to-school event stretched three blocks at its peak. Volunteers distributed nearly 1,000 backpacks in the first hour. At the end of the day, more than 5,000 backpacks (full of grade-appropriate school supplies) and 15,000 individuals […]
March 2015: New Milestones In Internet Essentials
Comcast has announced that since August 2011, its nationally acclaimed broadband adoption program, Internet Essentials, has connected more than 450,000 families, or 1.8 million low-income Americans, to the power of the Internet at home. To put that in perspective, 1.8 million is larger than the populations of 96 of America’s 100 largest cities as well as 12 […]
Comcast Partners with Somali-American Newspaper to Get Word Out About Broadband Access
The Somali community makes up a portion of the lower-income, inner-city housing population in south Seattle and neighboring cities. Comcast serves many of these neighborhoods. As a result, reaching out to engage with the Somali community, its social services, and media are important. Recently, Comcast partnered with Runta News, a Somali-influenced news organization based in […]
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