Comcast is doubling the speed of its Internet Essentials package, its $10-a-month product to connect low-income families to the internet. From March 1st, new and existing users will automatically be ...

Update 3/16/2020: Over the next 60 days, Comcast has also opened up its Xfinity Wi-Fi free to for public use and paused its data plan, so everyone will have access to unlimited data. The company said ...

WASHINGTON-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Comcast Executive Vice President David L. Cohen announced that Comcast’s Internet Essentials program – the largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption ...

(WXYZ) — Comcast announced Thursday it will be increasing speeds for the Internet Essentials program, and making the program free to new low-income customers for ...

To help low-income families stay connected to updates about the COVID-19 pandemic, Comcast is giving away two months of free internet services through its Internet Essentials program for eligible ...

The cable giant is boosting speeds to 50Mbps on its $9.95 a month broadband service designed to help low-income families stay connected. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- More than a half-million families have signed up for Comcast's Internet Essentials, the program designed to hook up lower-income homes with a high-speed web connection. Now, that ...

Comcast on Tuesday said it is “indefinitely” extending its Internet Essentials program aimed at providing cheap broadband service to low-income families in the United States, PC Magazine reports.

Comcast on Tuesday said it is "indefinitely" extending its Internet Essentials program providing cheap broadband service to low-income families in the United States. Internet Essentials was started in ...

What just happened? It's no secret that Comcast isn't exactly a beloved internet service provider, but every now and then, the company does something that purely benefits consumers. Yesterday was one ...

Earlier this year, when Comcast bought up NBC Universal, the company made a promise to boost broadband access in underserved communities and, with the launch of its new Internet Essentials service, it ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Comcast is ...