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Vermont Business Magazine Comcast announced today that it will extend its commitments to help people connect to the Internet during the COVID-19 pandemic as millions continue to stay home while many workplaces and schools operate virtually. Comcast will continue to provide free Internet service for the first 60 days for new Internet Essentials customers, and free access to more than 1.5 million public Xfinity WiFi hotspots, the largest network of its kind in the country, through June 30, 2021. Todays announcement marks the third time Comcast has extended these commitments. Hotspots are scattered across Vermont.

Our teams have worked tirelessly to ensure our networkisoperating at peak performance andhelp our customers and our communities navigate this unprecedented crisis, said Dave Watson, Chief Executive Officer, Comcast Cable. For nearly a decade, weve been on a mission to ensure students have the resources they need to be successful. Wehave accelerated that work during COVID-19 by partnering with public schools to provide Internet for more low-income students and by working with community centers to create safe spaces for families to connect to free WiFi through Lift Zones.

Comcast has repeatedly committed to keeping its customers connected, and to make its services available to families and students who dont have Internet access. These commitments are part of Comcasts comprehensive efforts to help families and individual stay connected, and to help empower small businesses, during the COVID-19 pandemic:

For more information and updates from Comcast related to Coronavirus, visit:

http://www.comcastcorporation.com/COVID-19/

About Comcast

ComcastCorporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology company withthreeprimary businesses: ComcastCable, NBCUniversal,and Sky. ComcastCable is one of the United States largest high-speed internet, video, and phone providers to residential customers under the Xfinity brand, and also provides these services to businesses. It also provides wireless and security and automation services to residential customers under the Xfinity brand. NBCUniversal is global and operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures,and Universal Parks and Resorts. Sky is one of Europe's leading media and entertainment companies, connecting customers to a broad range of video content throughits pay television services. It also providescommunications services, including residential high-speedinternet, phone, and wireless services. Sky operates the Sky News broadcast network and sports and entertainment networks, produces original content, and has exclusive content rights. Visitwww.comcastcorporation.comfor moreinformation.

Source: December 7, 2020 Comcast

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