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Get Seniors Online in Illinois for National Senior Citizens Day 2025

August 20, 2025

All About Internet Essentials

August 12, 2025

Get Ready for Back to School with Xfinity in Illinois! 

August 11, 2025

Champions of Change Lights Up Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at NABJ Convention in Chicago  

August 28, 2024

Helping Families and Students Get Online Across Illinois

August 15, 2024

From Chicago to Champaign, Students are Saving Big with Exclusive Internet and Mobile Offers

August 12, 2024

Comcast Connects Cook County

July 24, 2024

NOW Brings Low-Cost Internet and Mobile to Illinois

April 30, 2024

Boys & Girls Club of Joliet Receives $10,000 Grant from Comcast to Support Digital Skills Training 

March 20, 2024

Comcast Launches two new WiFi-Connected “Lift Zones” in Kankakee

March 14, 2024

Faster Internet Speeds for Xfinity Customers Across Illinois

March 6, 2024

Comcast Surprises Local Students from CC’s Little Village Boys & Girls Club with New Laptops

September 20, 2023

Comcast Announces $250,000 Grant to fund Digital Navigators at 26 Chicago Public Library branches, Plans to Donate 1,000 Laptops to 10 City Non-profits

September 19, 2023

Comcast Launches Xfinity Services, Including Internet Speeds Faster than a Gig, in Manhattan

August 24, 2023

Comcast’s Xfinity 10G Network Surpasses 1,500 miles in Rockford

July 24, 2023

Comcast Donates 50 Laptops to We Care of Grundy County

June 1, 2023

Harold Colbert Jones Memorial Community Center Receives $13,500 Grant from Comcast to Support Digital Skills Training, Upgrades to its “Lift Zone”

March 16, 2023

Kishwaukee Family YMCA Receives $5,000 Donation from Comcast to Support Digital Skills Training at Organization’s “Lift Zone”

December 7, 2022

George Washington Carver Community Center Receives $40,000 “Lift Zone Opportunity Fund” Grant from Comcast to Support Digital Skills Training

September 28, 2022

Western Illinois University Pell Grant Recipients May Qualify for a $30 Monthly Credit Toward the Cost of Internet Service

September 1, 2022

Roosevelt University Pell Grant Recipients May Qualify for a $30 Monthly Credit Toward the Cost of Internet Service

August 31, 2022

Loyola University Chicago Pell Grant Recipients May Qualify for a $30 Monthly Credit Toward the Cost of Internet Service

August 30, 2022

UIC Pell Grant Recipients May Qualify for a $30 Monthly Credit Toward the Cost of Internet Service

August 26, 2022

Illinois State University Pell Grant Recipients May Qualify for a $30 Monthly Credit Toward the Cost of Internet Service

August 25, 2022

Bradley University Pell Grant Recipients May Qualify for a $30 Monthly Credit Toward the Cost of Their Internet Service

August 25, 2022

Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Illinois Receives $22,750 from Comcast to Support Digital Skills Training, STEM Programs

August 24, 2022

UI Pell Grant Recipients may Qualify for a $30/month Credit Toward the Cost of Internet Service

August 19, 2022

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana’s Lake Station Club Receives $10,000 Grant from Comcast to Support Digital Skills Training and make Technology Upgrades

August 8, 2022

YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago and Comcast Partner to get more Chicagoans Online, help Residents Build Digital Work and Life Skills

July 20, 2022

Instituto del Progreso Latino Receives Grant from Hispanic Federation and Comcast NBCUniversal Telemundo to Close Digital Divide Disproportionately Impacting Latinos

May 4, 2022

Comcast Connects Grundy County

April 20, 2022

Chicago Urban League Receives $27,000 “Lift Zone Opportunity Fund” Grant from Comcast to Support Digital Skills Training

March 22, 2022

Boys and Girls Club of Decatur Receives $40,000 “Lift Zone Opportunity Fund” Grant from Comcast to Support Digital Skills Training

March 10, 2022

Comcast Opens WiFi-Connected “Lift Zone” at Family Focus in Evanston

February 18, 2022

Comcast Opens WiFi-Connected “Lift Zone” at Bolingbrook’s Heart Haven OutReach

February 16, 2022

Comcast Joins with Local Officials and Community-based Organizations to Launch WiFi-Connected “Lift Zones” across Berrien County

December 14, 2021

Illinois Digital Equity Tour Stops in Springfield and other Central Illinois Locations to Commemorate Internet Essentials’ 10th Anniversary

October 15, 2021

Illinois Digital Equity Tour Stops in Rockford to Commemorate Internet Essentials’ 10th Anniversary

October 14, 2021

Illinois Digital Equity Tour Commemorates 10th Anniversary of Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program

October 8, 2021

Comcast Expands Internet Essentials to Federal Pell Grant Recipients to help even more Low-income Americans Connect to the Internet

September 24, 2021

Comcast Launches new WiFi-Connected “Lift Zones” in two South Suburban Cook County Locations

September 15, 2021

Comcast Joins with Local Community-based Organizations to Launch Nine WiFi-Connected “Lift Zones” across Northwest Indiana

September 9, 2021

Comcast Launches new WiFi-Connected “Lift Zone” at the G.W. Buck Boys & Girls Club of Joliet

August 31, 2021

Comcast Joins with Local Community-based Organizations to Launch WiFi-Connected “Lift Zones” in Peoria area

August 11, 2021

Comcast Joins with Local Community-based Organizations to Launch WiFi-Connected “Lift Zones” in Several Rockford and other Northwest Illinois Locations

August 2, 2021

Comcast Joins with Local Community-based Organizations to Launch More WiFi-Connected “Lift Zones” in Several Chicago Neighborhoods

July 26, 2021

North Chicago School District 187 and Comcast Announce Partnership to Provide Internet Service to Eligible District Students and Families

June 10, 2021

Comcast Commits to Investing $1 Billion Over Next 10 Years to Reach 50 Million Low-Income Americans With Tools and Resources To Succeed In Digital World

April 23, 2021

Comcast Commits to Investing $1 Billion Over Next 10 Years to Reach 50 Million Low-Income Americans with Tools and Resources to Succeed in Digital World

March 24, 2021

Comcast Provides Update on Decade-Long Commitment to Digital Equity; Announces Plans to Accelerate Efforts in 2021

February 2, 2021

A Mission to Connect Low-income kids to Distance Learning during the Pandemic

January 21, 2021

Comcast Announces more WiFi-Connected Lift Zones Sites, Connecting more Chicagoans in more Neighborhoods

December 16, 2020

Building Digital Equity: Internet Essentials powers efforts to connect low-income students and households during the Pandemic

December 11, 2020

Comcast Joins with Local Community-based Organizations to Launch WiFi-Connected “Lift Zones” in Chicago Neighborhoods

September 17, 2020

Housing Authority of Cook County and Comcast Announce Partnership to Provide Free Internet Service to School-age Housing Authority Residents across Suburban Cook County

September 3, 2020

Freeport School District 145 and Comcast Announce Partnership to Provide Internet Service to Eligible Freeport Students and Families

August 5, 2020

Rockford Public Schools District 205 and Comcast Announce Partnership to Provide Internet Service to Eligible Rockford Students and Families

August 5, 2020

School District U-46 and Comcast Extend Partnership to Provide Internet Service at Home to Eligible Students and Families

July 23, 2020

CITY OF CHICAGO PRESS RELEASE: Chicago Launches Groundbreaking Initiative to Bridge Digital Divide, Providing Free High-speed Internet Access to over 100,000 CPS Students

June 25, 2020

Comcast Announces Expansion of Internet Essentials Program to all low-income Central Illinois Households, including more Families, Seniors and People with Disabilities

November 25, 2019

Mayor Lightfoot and Comcast Announce Largest Ever Expansion of Internet Essentials in Chicago

August 16, 2019

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Library to Celebrate Opening of the Whitney Young Branch

January 11, 2019

Chicago Remains #1 City for Enrollment in Internet Essentials, Comcast’s Acclaimed High-speed Residential Internet Adoption Program for Low-Income Americans

October 2, 2018

Comcast Joins Local Officials to Announce Initiative to Close Digital Divide Among Low-income Veterans

September 18, 2018

Company Expands Eligibility for its Internet Essentials Program to more than 130,000 Low-income Veterans in Illinois

September 17, 2018

Comcast Joins DuPage County Officials at Cantigny to Announce Initiative to help Low-income Veterans get Online

September 14, 2018

Comcast Joins Richton Park and VFW Officials to Announce Initiative to Close Digital Divide among Veterans

August 31, 2018

Comcast Internet Essentials Program Helps Close the Digital Divide in Illinois, Across the Nation

August 9, 2018

Comcast investment will include “Experience Labs” at three neighborhood branch libraries and expansion of Internet Essentials program for qualifying Chicagoans

October 27, 2017

Comcast and the Rockford Housing Authority Collaborate to close the Digital Divide for more than 5,300 HUD-assisted Households in Major Internet Essentials Program Expansion

August 25, 2016

Comcast Announces 172,000 Low-Income Chicagoans Have Crossed the Digital Divide through its Internet Essentials Program

August 25, 2016

1871 Announces Comcast will be Named “Corporate Champion” by Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center at 2016 Momentum Awards Dinner

August 9, 2016

Comcast and Chicago Housing Authority Collaborate to Close the Digital Divide for up to 91,000 HUD-Assisted Chicago Households in Major Internet Essentials Program Expansion

July 15, 2016

Comcast Launches “Internet Essentials Learning Zone” Spanning Chicago’s Englewood, Fuller Park and Washington Park Neighborhoods

April 12, 2016

Since it began in 2011, Nearly 35,000 Low-income Chicago Families have Connected to the Internet at Home via Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program

March 24, 2016

Comcast Joins Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin to Launch “BE HEARD Art and Essay Contest”

March 10, 2016

Internet Essentials, Comcast’s High-Speed Internet Program for Low-Income Families, to Be Extended to Community College Students in Illinois

September 16, 2015

Comcast Doubling Internet Essentials’ Speed and Providing WiFi Routers to Program Participants

August 4, 2015

Chance the Rapper, Ludacris Launch Get Schooled, Get Connected Spring Challenge in Chicago to help Students Finish the School Year Strong

March 10, 2015

Superbowl-Winning Coach Tony Dungy joins Elgin Mayor Dave Kaptain to Inspire Members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dundee Township

February 27, 2015

Star-Studded Cast of Athletes, Entertainers Honor 3,000 Chicago High School Students at Inaugural “Get Schooled, Get Connected” Celebration

January 19, 2015

Star-Studded Cast of Athletes, Entertainers Honor 3,000 Chicago High School Students at Inaugural “Get Schooled, Get Connected” Celebration

January 19, 2015

Early Holiday Excitement For 14 Chicago Public High School Students

December 18, 2014

B.o.B Surprises Alcott College Prep High School Students Participating in “Get Schooled, Get Connected Challenge”

November 12, 2014

Comcast Business Lights its 250th Mile of Fiber in the Rockford Area

November 6, 2014

First of its kind, “Get Schooled, Get Connected Challenge” Puts Chicago Students on the Path to their Futures

September 23, 2014

Comcast Offers up to Six Months of Complimentary Internet Service and an Amnesty Program for Low-Income Families

August 4, 2014

Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, Thornton Township Supervisor Frank Zuccarelli and Community Organizations join Comcast to Announce new “Internet Essentials Learning Zone” and Public Computer Labs

July 18, 2014

Comcast and TDF Foundation Join Forces to Reduce Digital Divide in Danville

June 27, 2014

Some Low-income Families in Chicago, Cicero and Berwyn may be Eligible for Six Months of Complimentary Internet Essentials Service

March 18, 2014

Enrollment in Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program in Chicago Metro Area Reaches 33,000 Households – More than any other Metro Area

March 5, 2014

Comcast Announces Internet Essentials Connects more than 1 Million Americans to the Internet at Home

October 29, 2013

Comcast Announces Internet Essentials Enrollment in Central IL, Makes Donation to Boys and Girls Clubs of Peoria for Computer Labs

October 24, 2013

Comcast Announces 30,000 Families Enrolled in Internet Essentials in state, over 1,000 in Central Illinois

October 17, 2013

Comcast Visits Lincoln, IL, talks about Internet Essentials, Digital Divide

September 20, 2013

What Internet Essentials Means to Chicago Families, by Mayor Rahm Emanuel

September 18, 2013

Mayor Emanuel, Comcast Announce that Chicago’s Internet Essentials Enrollment Doubles to 14,000, more than in any other City in the Nation

September 16, 2013

Comcast Greater Chicago Region’s Fawn Smith: “I Enjoy the Feeling I get from Helping People in the Communities we Serve.”

August 28, 2013

Rockford Public Schools and Alignment Rockford Announce Academy Expo Sponsorship and Internet Essentials Campaign to Connect Students to the Internet

August 5, 2013

Chicago Community Leaders Explore how Internet Access can help Children and Families

July 10, 2013

Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program Connects nearly 16,000 Low-income Cook County Families to the Internet – Enrolls more Families than any other County in America

March 21, 2013