David L. Cohen is a very busy man. An Executive Vice President at Comcast, the cable TV giant, Cohen is in charge of the company’s Internet Essentials program that brings low-cost, high-speed internet access to America’s needy families.
The reason Cohen’s so busy is that Internet Essentials is growing rapidly and Cohen travels the country touting one success after another.
Cohen was in Miami, Florida recently celebrating the success of the program in South Florida schools. While he was there he announced that Internet Essentials has now reached the 900,000 user mark with a million users in sight.
The latest reason for Cohen to toot Comcast’s horn? The company broadened qualification requirements so that more low-income families can automatically qualify for $9.95-per-month internet access. But Cohen wasn’t done banging the Internet Essentials drum. He also announced that Comcast is boosting download speeds to 5 megabytes per second. (When they say high-speed, they aren’t kidding.)
This is a huge savings for needy Americans, because internet access can easily cost $50 or more per month.
“We don’t want this product to be perceived as a second-class product,” Cohen insists. “Our goal is to make this product more attractive. We really want to keep moving the needle.”
Cohen said Comcast is firmly behind the idea that internet access is crucial in education, in seeking jobs, and even in staying informed. The nation’s largest cable TV company believes approximately 2.6 million families are potentially eligible in its coverage areas.
What makes a family eligible? Simple. They must have children in school who participate in the National School Lunch Program. Comcast is also offering Internet Essentials to students at approximately 25,000 schools with large low-income populations. All the students at those schools qualify automatically.
Cohen is sort of like the Lone Ranger. He comes into a new town, does a good deed, then quietly heads for the next town where the town folk need him.
Hi yo, Cohen, away!
Source: Komo News

Amina bi bi says
For me low income Internet is good for low income people.
mark zhuravlev says
When such a rich company as Comcast do remember about senior people with very , very low income? When should appear program like lifeline for internet? Now I hear just promises and promises and nothing more…..
Mark.