The big picture: Comcast is expanding its Net Essentials program to include Federal Pell Grant recipients. The Pell Grant was established in 1965 as function of the Higher Education Human activity, and awards money for college to students that "brandish infrequent financial need" based on calculations in the Gratuitous Awarding for Federal Student Help (FAFSA).

Comcast every bit part of its conquering of NBCUniversal dorsum in 2022 agreed to make loftier-speed Net access available to qualifying depression-income families for just $9.95 per month plus tax. Every bit of today, the 50 / five Mbps service doesn't require a credit cheque and isn't hampered by term contracts or counterfoil fees.

To date, the Internet Essentials program has connected a cumulative total of more x million people to the Internet, co-ordinate to Comcast. The company has besides supplied low-income Americans with 150,000 free or affordable subsidized computers, we're told.

With the expanded eligibility, all Federal Pell Grant recipients within the company's service expanse will now have access to the low-cost Internet solution.

Comcast is also donating $15 million in Internet service and hardware through Project Up, a $i billion initiative to advance digital equity past reaching fifty million people. The money will exist used to purchase more than than 25,000 laptops for depression-income students, adults, seniors and veterans in cities beyond the country including Houston, TX; Memphis, TN; Atlanta GA; Chicago, IL; and Boston, MA.

Interested parties tin can apply for Net Essentials over on Comcast's website.

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