Broadband Resources for Students - COVID-19
The following free or low cost broadband offerings have been identified as resource for students.
- Altice/Optimum COVID-19 response: For households with K-12 and/or college students who may be displaced due to school closures and who do not currently have home internet access, offering Altice Advantage 30 Mbps broadband solution for free for 60 days to any new customer household within our footprint.
- AT&T COVID-19 response: AT&T COVID-19 response: offers open hot-spots, unlimited data to existing customers, and $10/month plans to low income families.
- AT&T/Access program: Access' from AT&T will continue to offer internet data to qualifying limited income households for $10 a month.
- Charter Spectrum Broadband COVID-19 response: Charter will offer free Spectrum broadband and Wi-Fi access for 60 days to households with K-12 and/or college students who do not already have a Spectrum broadband subscription and at any service level up to 100 Mbps. To enroll call 1-844-488-8395. Installation fees will be waived for new student households.
- Comcast Internet Essentials COVID-19 response: Effective Monday, March 16, 2020, Comcast is offering 2 months free to new Internet Essentials customers in response to recent and anticipated emergency measures associated with the Coronavirus (COVID-19). 1-855-8-INTERNET (1-855-846-8376)- No contract required.
- Cricket Mobile COVID-19 response: Beginning March 14 will waive reconnect fees for customers who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. 1-800-CRICKET (274-2538) or 611.
- FCC Pledge: "Keep Americans Connected" Internet service providers/cell/wireless and telecom companies are offering hotspots, increased broadband and unlimited data. Signing FCC pledge during disruptions caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Full list of participants is in the FCC press release.T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and many more.
- Sprint COVID-19 response: Signed FCC Agreement Not terminating service if they are unable to pay their Sprint bill because of the coronavirus, and Starting on Tuesday 3/17, customers with international long distance calling plans will receive complimentary international calling rates from the U.S. to countries. By next Thursday 3/19 Customers with metered data plans will receive unlimited data per month for 60 days (a minimum of two bill cycles) at no extra cost. To provide customers with an additional 20GB of mobile hotspot data per month.
- T-Mobile COVID-19 response: Access to unlimited data to ALL current T-Mobile customers 60 days. Additional mobile hotspot data.
- T-Mobile EmpowerED program: Offering Lifeline partners low-income more data, and increasing the data allowance for schools and students using this program over that same period of time.
- Verizon/Fios COVID-19 response: Waiving late fees, signed FCC agreement.
- Verizon/Lifeline program: A federal assistance program that offers discounts to qualified low-income customers.