Comcast Announces $10 Broadband for Low Income Families

Last Friday, Comcast announced a new initiative that will hopefully make broadband Internet more easily accessible to low-income families . The plan will provide broadband internet at a cost of only $10 per month to families that meet certain requirements regarding income, family size and a few other details. One of the additional requirements is that the family in question has at least one child that is qualified to receive a free school lunch under the NSLP , which gives you general idea of the income level they’re targeting. In addition, families can receive a $149.99 voucher for the purchase of a new computer.

Of course, that is not to say that the offering would be available to all families that might qualify financially. Other requirements include, of course, being in an area where Comcast provides service, not having subscribed to Comcast Internet service in the past 90 days and not having any outstanding balance to Comcast. If you manage to fit all those critera, however, it’s a great deal. As a bonus, Comcast has pretty high and reliable speeds .

This marks an interesting evolution in our changing relationship to broadband Internet, which is becoming more and more of a necessity, especially for students. Until now, the alternatives to expensive high speed Internet plans were pretty inconvenient. School and public libraries that can be crowded, difficult for children to get to, and full of ancient equipment or a dial-up connection. Yes, NetZero still offers dial-up at $9.99 a month (but probably not for much longer). Granted, the availibilty of this service is still pretty tightly restricted, mostly by the need to be in an area serviced by Comcast, but this move to bring affordable broadband to those who might not be able to afford it otherwise reflects the growing importance of Internet service. In the future, better Wi-Fi technology should make physical location less of a barrier to entry, but until then, this seems like a step in a good direction.

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Copper.net was established in 1997 and is a sister company of ECR Internet Services. They specialize in dial up and dsl internet services in the United States and Canada. An all American owned and operated company, Copper.net takes pride in offering services at affordable rates. They also have a 30 day No Risk – Money Back guarantee.

Service Plans

Here are the following services offered by Copper.net:

Standard Dial-up – for only $9.95, you get free American technical support, 56K dial-up internet service and nationwide access. This plan is V.90 and V.92 compatible and includes email account. Premium Hi-Speed Dial Up Plus – for $14.95, you get all the features of the standard dial-up plus Copper Hi-speed Accelerator that makes your internet speed 19 times faster. It also comes with free Copper Archive, free call alert and up to 5 email accounts. Broadband Internet – starting at $19.95, Copper.net offers several broadband options with download speeds of up to 6Mbps. This is the ideal internet plan for those looking for speed for gaming, downloads or video feeds.

Aside from providing FREE customer service, e-mail, virus protection, pop-up blocker, and spamblocker, their services do not require proprietary software. Rest assured that your privacy is protected because they do not track your online habits or sell your e-mail or personal information.

Disclosure: All information presented above are based on the claims and representations made by Copper.net on their website.

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RT @: Its 2011 but niggas still wanna choose to have NetZero dial up internet & only have 10 hours of internet usage a month just cuz its free

Its 2011 but niggas still wanna choose to have NetZero dial up internet & only have 10 hours of internet usage a month just cuz its free

"@: Internet was jumping off.. remember the annoying dial-up sound ?"free AOL disc lol

I could only go on the internet after 6 'cause then dial up was free.

I had dial up internet and always went hunting for those free AOL cd's

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