Atlanta Public Schools Students to Earn Free Chromebook by Signing Up for Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program

WHAT: Comcast is participating in Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) Back-to-School Bash. The annual event provides free backpacks, school supplies and resources to students and their families.

During the event, Comcast will hand out information on the Affordable Connectivity Program and offer families the opportunity to sign up for Internet Essentials. The first 500 people who sign up for Internet Essentials will earn a free Chromebook, courtesy of APS.

By participating in both Internet Essentials and the Affordable Connectivity Program, families can receive free or heavily reduced Xfinity Internet and Xfinity Mobile services.

WHEN: Sat., July 30 at 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

WHERE:  Georgia World Congress Center, Halls C1 and C2, located at 285 Andrew Young International Blvd. in Atlanta

For more information, visit https://www.atlantapublicschools.us/bash

About Affordable Connectivity Program

The federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) provides eligible low-income households a credit up to $30 a month toward the cost of Internet service ($75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands). Comcast is making ACP credits available for all of the company’s Xfinity Internet speed tiers, including Internet Essentials. For more information, visit www.Xfinity.com/free, call 1-800-Comcast.

About Internet Essentials

Internet Essentials is the nation’s largest and most successful private-sector low-income broadband adoption program. For more than a decade, Comcast has worked with trusted community partners, businesses, and government to help millions of low-income households connect to the Internet and the technology they need to participate in the digital world. Since launching in 2011, Internet Essentials has connected a cumulative total of more than 10 million people to the Internet at home, most for the very first time.

About Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology company that connects people to moments that matter. We are principally focused on connectivity, aggregation, and streaming with 57 million customer relationships across the United States and Europe. We deliver broadband, wireless, and video through our Xfinity, Comcast Business, and Sky brands; create, distribute, and stream leading entertainment, sports, and news through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, Universal Studio Group, Sky Studios, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, multiple cable networks, Peacock, NBCUniversal News Group, NBC Sports, Sky News, and Sky Sports; and provide memorable experiences at Universal Parks and Resorts in the United States and Asia. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.