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By Rodrigo Lopez, Comcast
There’s a important problem in Washington for communities large and small. We name it the digital divide, and it exists in Tukwila and King County. For over a decade, we’ve labored arduous to handle this problem and have linked greater than 50,000 households in King County to high-speed Web at residence, many for the primary time, by means of our Web Necessities program.
Web Necessities addresses the limitations to web adoption by means of free digital literacy coaching assets, the choice to buy a reduced pc, and low-cost, high-speed Web for beneath ten {dollars} a month, plus tax. By means of this program, we’ve been capable of join college students, households, and communities needing inexpensive web assets. However extra must be completed.
Comcast performs a significant function in serving to join individuals on-line, and that features providing options each in and outdoors of the house. Now, by means of our participation within the federal authorities’s Reasonably priced Connectivity Program (ACP), we’ve an unprecedented alternative to assist almost 100,000 individuals in King County, together with greater than a thousand in Tukwila, connect with the Web each at residence and on the go.
Practically a half 1,000,000 Washington residents could profit from entry to the Web by means of applications like ACP, which supply a $30/month low cost on Web service ($75/month on Tribal lands). Any Xfinity Web or Web Necessities buyer who qualifies can use it to save cash on their Web invoice and reap the benefits of these presents.
Comcast has launched two new methods for individuals to attach by means of ACP, and the $30/month ACP profit could be utilized to any tier of Xfinity Web service. Eligible clients in Comcast’s service areas can join Web Necessities Plus, which incorporates 100 Mbps obtain speeds, a cable modem/WiFi router system, and is free after the federal government’s ACP credit score is utilized. Moreover, Xfinity Web clients taking part in ACP can add cellular service by means of Xfinity Cellular, which incorporates 5G and routinely connects to hundreds of thousands of Xfinity WiFi hotspots throughout the nation to cut back clients’ dependence on mobile and lower your expenses.
Signing up for ACP
New and current Xfinity Web or Web Necessities clients can go to www.xfinity.com/acp or name 844-389-4681 for extra data to find out eligibility and join. Prospects may name to talk to a devoted ACP Enrollment and Help Middle from 8 AM to 12 AM day by day, with multi-lingual capabilities to help anybody considering this system.
Different Connectivity Choices
We all know that hundreds of Washingtonians additionally depend upon group facilities for entry to the Web, and our Elevate Zone initiative goals to handle that want. By means of our Elevate Zone initiative, we’ve geared up 92 group facilities with free web service all through the state. Elevate Zones present hundreds of Washington residents with areas to entry on-line training, healthcare, and employment assets.
This 12 months, a few of our Elevate Zones may also obtain a state-of-the-art expertise makeover from Comcast, together with new laptops and expertise that can assist our group companions provide job expertise coaching, training, pc courses, internships, and extra. Elevate Zones in Washington could also be discovered at: https://www.internetessentials.com/learningSearchPage.
Connecting extra individuals to the Web and the expertise they should take part and excel in an more and more digital world has been a core focus for Comcast. Wanting towards the subsequent ten years, Comcast is constructing on that basis and increasing its affect by means of Undertaking UP, a complete initiative to advance digital fairness and assist construct a way forward for limitless prospects.
Backed by a $1 billion dedication to achieve tens of hundreds of thousands of individuals, Undertaking UP encompasses the applications and group partnerships throughout Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Sky that join individuals to the Web, advance financial mobility, and open doorways for the subsequent era of innovators, entrepreneurs, storytellers, and creators. For extra data on Undertaking UP and the most recent information on efforts to handle digital inequities, go to https://company.comcast.com/affect/project-up.
For extra details about Web Necessities and Comcast’s dedication to training and digital fairness, please go to https://company.comcast.com/training. Households and households can apply for this system at www.internetessentials.com or by telephone at 1-855-846-8376 for English or 1-855-765-6995 for Spanish.
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