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Comcast said it beat earnings estimates for the first quarter of 2020, but missed on revenue, as the pandemic impacted the theme parks business and the theatrical division faced a tough comparison to year-ago hits. Highlights include: Total High-Speed Internet Customer Net Additions Were 477,000 (Not Including 32,000 Free Internet Essentials Customers), the Best Quarterly Result in 12 Years. High-speed internet revenue increased 9.3%, driven by an increase in the number of residential high-speed internet customers as well as an increase in average rates.

As our country continues to manage the COVID-19 emergency, we recognize that our company plays an important role in helping our customers stay connected – to their families, their workplaces, their schools, and the latest information about the virus – through the Internet. We also know that for millions of low-income Americans who don’t have Internet service at home, this uncertain time is going to be even more difficult to manage. As schools and businesses close and families are encouraged, or even mandated, to stay home, Internet connectivity becomes even more important.

In August, Comcast announced the most sweeping eligibility change in Internet Essentials' eight-year history.  Comcast is now offering Internet connections to all low-income Americans, wherever Comcast offers service.  Since the program launched in 2011, more than eight million low-income Americans have connected to the Internet at home, roughly 90 percent of whom were not connected prior to joining Internet Essentials. Comcast has invested more than $650 million in digital skills training, benefiting nearly 9.5 million people. Internet Essentials has provided 100,000 heavily discounted and

Comcast announced it is significantly expanding eligibility for its broadband adoption program Internet Essentials to include all qualified low-income households in its service area. Comcast estimates that more than three million additional low-income households, including households with people with disabilities, are now eligible to apply. It estimates a total of nearly seven million households now have access to low-cost Internet service, which literally doubles the total number of previously eligible households. 

Comcast Corporation announced that Beth Choroser has been promoted to Vice President, Regulatory Affairs in Washington (DC). Choroser will direct Comcast’s advocacy on regulatory matters affecting broadband, voice, public safety and security with a primary focus on the Federal Communications Commission. Choroser will be based in Comcast’s Washington, DC office and is replacing Mary McManus who is retiring at the end of Oct. Choroser previously served as Executive Director of Regulatory Affairs for Comcast Corporation in Philadelphia supporting the business, the regulatory law department and government affairs on a wide range of federal and state telecom matters. Prior to Comcast, Choroser worked at Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc., ATX Telecommunications Service and New England Electric System. Choroser follows in the steps of Mary McManus, a well-known and highly regarded telecom lawyer who has served as one of the Comcast’s senior regulatory advocates before the FCC for the last 10 years. Choroser received a BA from Pennsylvania State University and a MBA from Syracuse University School of Management.