Among improvements Comcast’s made to its inexpensive broadband service for...
Among improvements Comcast’s made to its inexpensive broadband service for the poor this year, letting community groups bulk-order Internet Essentials has been implemented in Florida, the cable ISP said in a Monday news release. The Urban League Broward County in…
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Florida, where the service has 12,000 families, has 100 such accounts, the company said (http://xrl.us/bnp5xf). “Families will be selected from Urban League Broward County programs, including youth and education programs funded through the Children’s Services Council of Broward County.” Public school districts, Boys & Girls Clubs and the United Way are among those working with Comcast on Internet Essentials in Florida, the operator said of its $9.95-a-month product, which it agreed to begin as part of getting FCC approval to buy control of NBCUniversal in 2011 (CD Feb 1 p8).