Comcast Boosts Effort to Close Digital Divide for Veterans

Comcast's Internet Essentials broadband subsidy program was initially targeted to families with children eligible for government assistance, but it has been expanded to include low-income seniors (a pilot program in DC) and military veterans in its service area, the latter which Comcast says totals almost a million vets.  In an extension of that veterans assistance program announced Sept. 25, Comcast said it is teaming with the Elizabeth Dole Foundation and the PsychArmor Institute.  That extension of the previously announced expansion of the program to low-income vets comprises 10 "veteran-specific" digital training videos and materials that will be available online, in classrooms and at Comcast-funded computer labs in 10 markets.