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Comcast
Announces
New
Xfinity
Offering
to Help
Educators
Stay
Connected
This
Fall
PLYMOUTH,
MI -
Today,
Comcast
announced
a new
Xfinity
Internet
offer
for K-12
teachers
and
administrators
as well
as
university
faculty
and
staff
aimed at
helping
connect
America’s
educators
as they
prepare
for the
upcoming
school
year.
Starting
today,
eligible
faculty,
staff
and
administrators
in the
Comcast
footprint
will
receive
a $150
Visa
prepaid
card,
which is
worth
about
two
months
of
Internet
service,
when
they
sign up
for an
Xfinity
package.
As the
COVID-19
pandemic
began
this
Spring,
more
than
eight in
10
American
parents
said
their
children
were
learning
remotely.
This
fall as
the
school
year
begins
again,
faculty
and
school
administrators
adapt to
new
communications
and
remote
learning
options,
Internet
connectivity
has
never
been
more
vital
for
today’s
educators.
“With
learning
looking
very
different
this
year
across
the
country,
we want
to help
give our
educators
the
connectivity
they
need to
support
America’s
youth
during
these
unprecedented
times,”
said
Dana
Strong,
President,
Xfinity
Consumer
Services,
Comcast.
Eligible
K-12
teachers
and
administrators
and
university
faculty
and
staff
can sign
up for
this
offer at
www.xfinity.com/teacher.
There
are no
upfront
fees and
no
installation
costs.
Within a
few days
of
signing
up they
will
receive
a
self-install
kit, and
then in
just a
few
weeks
later a
$150
Visa
prepaid
card
with a
value of
about
two
months
of
internet
service.
This
offer is
available
to
faculty,
staff
and
administrators
who live
in
households
that are
not
already
Xfinity
customers,
today
through
December
31st.
This
offering
comes on
the
heels of
the
launch
of the
new
“Internet
Essentials
Partnership
Program”,
which is
designed
to help
accelerate
Internet
adoption
at a
critical
time,
and
Comcast’s
extension
of two
free
months
of
Internet
Essentials
service
to
eligible
low-income
individuals
that
sign up
through
the end
of the
year.
Further,
the
company
is
offering
eligible
university
students
who need
connectivity
and sign
up for
service
by
September
30th a
$150
Visa
prepaid
card.
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