Comcast Extends Free Public WiFi Access to Everyone for the Remainder of 2020
June 19 2020 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Nation’s Largest Network of Public WiFi
Hotspots Will Continue to be Available to Everyone for Free,
including Non-Xfinity Customers
As cities and towns across the country begin to open up, Comcast
is continuing its efforts to help people connect to the Internet
during the COVID-19 crisis. Today, the company announced it will
extend free access to its 1.5 million public Xfinity WiFi hotspots
to anyone who needs them, including non-customers, through the end
of 2020.
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Comcast is extending free access to 1.5
million public hotspots to anyone who needs them, including
non-customers, through the end of 2020. (Photo: Business Wire)
Recently, Comcast announced that it has extended an offer for 60
days of free home Internet access for new eligible Internet
Essentials customers, to help provide additional support to
students and families in need through the end of the year. Comcast
will also continue to waive the requirement that those customers
not have a past due balance with Comcast to qualify for the free
offer.
“We saw a huge jump in usage after we opened up our public
hotspots, and we’re excited to keep them open through the end of
the year as the nation begins taking steps to reopen,” said Dana
Strong, President of Xfinity Consumer Services. “We’re pleased to
see so many families and individuals take advantage of our 60 days
of free home Internet through Internet Essentials, and the free
access to public Xfinity WiFi hotspots to get online during this
time when connectivity is so important.”
Since taking the unprecedented step of making all of these
hotspots available for free, hundreds of thousands of non-Xfinity
customers have taken advantage, and overall usage by consumers of
the free public WiFi hotspots has skyrocketed. Comcast’s public
WiFi network is the largest of its kind in the nation, and three
times larger than that of any other provider. It’s available in
outdoor and business locations, all of which can be found online at
www.xfinity.com/wifi.
Comcast has a history of making its public hotspots available
for free in individual markets to help communities stay connected
after local emergencies like hurricanes in the South, wildfires in
California, and the recent tornadoes in Nashville.
For more information about Comcast’s COVID-19 response, visit:
https://corporate.comcast.com/covid-19
ABOUT COMCAST CORPORATION
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with three primary businesses: Comcast Cable,
NBCUniversal, and Sky. Comcast Cable is one of the United States’
largest high-speed internet, video, and phone providers to
residential customers under the Xfinity brand, and also provides
these services to businesses. It also provides wireless and
security and automation services to residential customers under the
Xfinity brand. NBCUniversal is global and operates news,
entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo
broadcast networks, television production operations, television
station groups, Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks and
Resorts. Sky is one of Europe's leading media and entertainment
companies, connecting customers to a broad range of video content
through its pay television services. It also provides
communications services, including residential high-speed internet,
phone, and wireless services. Sky operates the Sky News broadcast
network and sports and entertainment networks, produces original
content, and has exclusive content rights. Visit
www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
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