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Online communities pose risks for children, but they are also important sources of support

Philly pre-K students may now qualify for the city's free internet services program

phlconnected internet program

Comcast boosts Internet Essentials speeds after criticism from students

comcast speed increases

As Comcast internet data threshold looms, Baltimore City Council calls for price gouging investigation

Comcast Baltimore Philly

Widespread Internet outages affect Philly, other East Coast cities on Tuesday

internet outage philly

Verizon to update Philly's computer centers, help address digital inequality

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Philly expands free internet access for students via PHLConnectED program

PHLConnectED program

Comcast to continue to offer free 60 days of internet deal for low-income families through June 2021

Comcast to impose internet data threshold, overage fees in Northeast U.S. in 2021

Comcast internet threshold

New Jersey extends utility moratorium through March 2021

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Here are the Access Centers where Philly students can take their virtual classes

Philly Access Centers

This map shows the locations of Access Centers where Philadelphia students can take classes virtually

access centers virtual school

Philly students to receive free internet access via new PHLConnectED program

philly students internet access

Grandma wowed in viral video of 'magic' trick with Wawa cups

Wawa Magic Cups

Comcast extends free service offer to new Internet Essentials customers

Xfinity free internet service

Jefferson Health's 'Swab Squad' wins Webby for viral dance videos

Jefferson nurses Webbys

Comcast extends ban on Xfinity service shutoffs, late fees through June due to COVID-19 pandemic

Xfinity internet coronavirus

Financial hardships abound amid the COVID-19 crisis – but it's important to remember the most vulnerable

Nonprofit ParentChild+ Coronavirus

New Jersey internet, phone providers barred from removing service amid COVID-19 crisis

Internet phone service executive order new jersey coronavirus covid-19

Philly school year could end with an 'asterisk' if coronavirus pandemic persists, Superintendent Hite says

Coronavirus Philly Schools Chromebooks Internet

Comcast boosts some broadband speeds, urges Philly HQ employees to work from home

Comcast Coronavirus Work

Comcast internet users report more problems Saturday following Thursday's nationwide outage

Comcast experienced a nationwide internet outage on Thursday

Comcast Outage Map 2020

Mark D'Amico pleads guilty to state charge in GoFundMe scam, faces five years in prison

mark d'amico mugshot

Donovan McNabb said he 'probably gained weight' from doing those Campbell's soup commercials

Donovan McNabb campbell's soup

Googling health symptoms is problematic, but many Americans still do it

Googling health symptoms online

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf weighs in on whether a hot dog is a sandwich

Gov. Tom Wolf hot dog sandwich

Egg Harbor family's extremely tiny home featured on 'Rachael Ray Show'

Egg Harbor tiny house

Kevin Durant tells Donovan McNabb to 'relax' after former Eagles QB tweets about Brooklyn Nets

Kevin Durant nets mcnabb twitter

Sixers rookie Matisse Thybulle already has a signature emoji

Sixers' Josh Richardson learns about Philly's weather, turns on his car's heat for 'first time in 5 years'

Josh Richardson philly weather

An angry UCLA fan put 'a used Chip Kelly' up for sale on Craigslist

Chip Kelly UCLA fans mad

Twitter reacts to Sixers' Ben Simmons finally making a three

Ben Simmons twitter three

Enormous reticulated python found in Lancaster County, with a full stomach

Lancaster County python

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson sang happy birthday to 100-year-old Philly woman

Dwayne the rock johnson philly birthday

Why do Eagles fans always reply to the team's hype videos with super weird tweets?

Eagles fans twitter videos replies

Philly Police launch unsolved murders website, hope public can help find suspects

Philadelphia police unsolved murders

Boban Marjanovic signs with Dallas Mavericks, everyone mourns the end of Tobi & Bobi

Boban Marjanovic Tobias Harris

After Phillies' comeback win over Mets, fans are buying up the entire city's supply of bamboo

Phillies bamboo win streak

Phillies' July 18 game against the Dodgers will air exclusively on YouTube

Phillies fans phones youtube game

On Google Street View, someone is wearing a Kyle Lowry shirt outside Lowry's North Philly childhood home

kyle lowry house north philly google street view

Cancer information on the internet? Stick to reliable sources

Cancer internet information reliability

YouTube bans comments on videos featuring minors

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