Cox Communications today revealed that customers with its lower cost internet product, Connect2Compete, are now getting a boost in speeds of more than 65%. Connect2Compete is available to families with school-aged children who are enrolled in low-income assistance programs. Connect2Compete…
The Cox Connect2Compete low-income broadband offering is having a positive impact on school children, according to family members surveyed by Cox. The offering provides low-cost broadband for low-income households, with the goal of helping school children. The 1700-respondent survey found…
ATLANTA, Oct. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Cox Communications announced today that it is increasing speeds of its national broadband adoption program, Connect2Compete. The new speeds will be up to five times faster for both new and existing Cox customers who…
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Cox Communications has partnered with Connect2Compete to offer discounted Internet service to low-income families with children who qualify for the National Free School Lunch program. Cox is offering its Starter Cox High Speed…
PARSIPPANY, N.J., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Solix, Inc., www.solixinc.com, a leading provider of eligibility determination, qualification program management and customer care services to government, telecommunications, broadband, utility and healthcare organizations; today announced it is partnering with Connect2Compete (C2C) www.connect2compete.org,…
September 26, 2012 — WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comcast’s Internet Essentials program, an ambitious and comprehensive broadband adoption initiative designed to help close the digital divide for low-income Americans, today announced two new partnerships with the U.S. Department of Labor and Connect2Compete. These…
Chairman Genachowski, joined by Ben Hecht, Chairman of Connect2Compete (C2C), Jill Vaske, Executive Vice President of Redemtech, and representatives from LULAC and the Latin American Youth Center in Washington, D.C., announced a nationwide computer donation and recycling call-to-action, called “PC…
Secretary Solis and Chairman Genachowski, joined by Connect2Compete (C2C) and Director Susan Hildreth from The Institute of Museum and Library Services, announced at the Arlington Employment Center in Arlington, VA that American Job Centers, a network of nearly 2,800 employment…
Continuing the trend of cable companies providing free speed upgrades in order to match competitors’ offerings, TDS Telecommunications is increasing download speeds to 18,000 subscribers in St. George, UT. Although best known as a telecom company, TDS operates cable HFC/DOCSIS…
Charter Communications today launched Spectrum Internet 100 service, which will be free to households that qualify for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The service will be available across “virtually all” of its service area, which covers 41 states, the company…
Cox Communications will double the speeds of two services – ConnectAssist and Connect2Compete—from 50 Mbps to 100 Mbps on March 31. The cable company also said that it is participating in the federal government’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). More than…
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