CIT Residential & Business Broadband | COVID-19 Information & Resources
CIT Broadband for Residences | COVID-19 Information & Resources
The COVID-19 pandemic highlights why staying connected through broadband is essential. To this end, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai started the Keep Americans Connected Initiative.
By taking the Keep America Connected Pledge, mobile and internet service providers agree for the next 60 days to:
Below is a sample of what mobile and internet service providers are doing to keep Virginians connected:
By taking the Keep America Connected Pledge, mobile and internet service providers agree for the next 60 days to:
- not terminate service to any residential customers because of their inability to pay their bills due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic;
- waive any late fees that any residential customers incur because of their economic circumstances related to the coronavirus pandemic; and
- open Wi-Fi hotspots to any American who needs them.
Below is a sample of what mobile and internet service providers are doing to keep Virginians connected:
- Atlantic Broadband
- Introducing a low-cost 15 MBPS broadband plan for new residential customers, free for the first two months
- Free Wi-Fi Hotspots
- AT&T
- 60 days of free data for certain school-issued tablets
- Waiving wireless voice and data overage fees for all customers for 60 days
- Expanding eligibility for its low-income internet program
- Creating a $10 million fund to support distance learning
- CenturyLink
- Suspending data usage limits for 60 days
- Free speed upgrades for 60 days to schools, colleges, libraries, and governments
- Increasing speeds for residential customers enrolled in plans of less than 20 MBPS
- Comcast
- Free Wi-Fi Hotspots
- Suspending data usage limits for 60 days
- Free Internet Essentials service for 60 days to new low-income customers
- Increasing speed on Internet Essentials service to 25 MBPS, for 60 days
- New educational collections through X1 for families with school-aged children, in partnership with Common Sense Media
- Cox Communications
- Free Wi-Fi Hotspots
- Two months free Connect2Compete service to low-income families
- Resources for discounted, refurbished equipment, through association with PCs for People
- Increasing speed to 50 MBPS on Essential, StraightUp Internet, and Connect2Compete plans
- TDS Telecom
- Free broadband for 60 days to new low-income customers
- Free broadband for 60 days to new customers with school-aged children or college students
- T-Mobile
- Unlimited smartphone data on legacy plans for 60 days
- 20GB of additional smartphone mobile hotspot data for 60 days
- 5GB of additional Lifeline data per month, until May 13 2020
- Offering at least 20GB of data per month, until May 13 2020, to schools and students using EmpowerED digital learning programs
- Free international calling to COVID19-impacted countries
- Verizon
- Free broadband and voice service for 60 days to Lifeline customers
- 15GB of additional data for wireless residential customers
- No data caps for residential Fios and DSL broadband plans
- Unlimited domestic calling, through April 30, for limited-minute wireless plans
- Introducing a new broadband option for low-income households
- Waiving activation fees on new wireless lines
- Free international calling to COVID19-impacted countries
- Tripling monthly data allotment for Verizon Innovative Learning schools
