Comcast, State and Local Government and Urban League Bridge Digital Divide with Expanded Internet Essentials Program

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Democratic Leader and Florida State Senator, Chris Smith; Urban League of Broward County President and CEO, Dr. Germaine Smith-Baugh, and Comcast’s Vice President of Community Investment and President of the Comcast Foundation, Charisse Lillie, today announced the second year of the Internet Essentials effort in Florida. Internet Essentials is an ambitious and comprehensive broadband adoption program designed to help close the digital divide for low-income Americans. In its first full year of availability in Comcast markets across the country, more than 100,000 families, or 400,000 Americans, are now online. More than 12,000 families in Florida are among those participating nationally, making Florida one of the most successful regions in the program’s first year.