Comcast RSS Feed - Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 5:15 PM
Internet Essentials: A Record-Setting Year
Since 2011, Comcast has invested more than $650 million in digital skills
training, benefiting nearly 9.5 million people, so they can better understand
the benefits of being connected and learn how to take advantage of the world of
opportunity that the Internet provides.
In that time, Internet Essentials has provided 100,000 heavily discounted and
subsidized laptop or desktop computers – when we are not giving them away for
free.
While all these statistics are amazing, they can be mind-numbing. The real
impact of the program is felt through the families and individuals whose lives
have been positively affected.
As I traveled the country this year to talk about the digital divide and
Internet Essentials, I met so many students, seniors, veterans, and people with
disabilities whose stories broke my heart, but also gave me hope.
This expansion is the culmination of an audacious goal we set eight years ago,
to meaningfully expand Internet access and significantly close the digital
divide for low-income people. This doesn’t mean our work is done, however. We
now have the opportunity to form new partnerships with organizations that reach
populations we’ve never served before and the possibilities are endless.
But don’t just take my word for it. Watch this video to see just how exciting
it can be when people are given the opportunity to participate in the digital
world.
https://corporate.comcast.com/stories/internet-essentials-a-year-in-review
David Goldfield
Assistive Technology Specialist
Feel free to visit my Web site
WWW.DavidGoldfield.info
