Joel Mathis, "Comcast Today: Why Aren’t More Philly Families Signing Up for Cheap Internet?", contributed by Kyle Simons, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 17 May 2020, accessed 11 December 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/comcast-today-why-aren’t-more-philly-families-signing-cheap-internet
Critical Commentary
Comcast one of Philadelphia’s leading providers of high-speed Internet is offers a basic service for a reduced rate for eligible families called “Internet Essentials”. Out of the 98,000 qualified to enroll only 9% of Philadelphians who qualify are registered. Many more feel or claim that the enrollment process is too hard and complicated, which in part explains the lower percentage of enrollment.