October 13, 2021
Comcast began a week-long tour across Illinois promoting digital equity. The Internet Essentials initiative celebrates its 10th year anniversary, providing low-cost broadband for low-income households. The tour kicked off with its first stop to the village of Dolton where students were presented with laptops. Photo provided by Comcast.
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ILLINOIS DIGITAL EQUITY TOUR COMMEMORATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF COMCAST’S INTERNET ESSENTIALS PROGRAM
Comcast began the Illinois Digital Equity Tour, a week-long tour of locations across Illinois to promote digital equity. The timing of the tour is in line with the 10th anniversary of Internet Essentials, Comcast’s low-cost broadband adoption program for low-income households with grammar, high school, and college students; seniors; veterans; people with disabilities, and public housing residents enrolled in public assistance programs, ranging from Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to the federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and housing assistance programs. Since its launch in 2011, Internet Essentials has connected more than 10 million Americans to the Internet at home – more than 1.3 million in Illinois alone.