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USA TODAY Comcast is doubling the internet speed to to 50Mbps for its Internet Essentials plan without additional fees, according to a statement by the company.  Customers of the Internet Essentials plan will begin to see the changes starting Mar. 1.  "We've been on a mission to address digital inequities in under-resourced communities through Internet Essentials for a decade and there’s never been a greater need than now," said Dave Watson, president and CEO of Comcast Cable, in the statement.  The plan will remain costing $9.95 a month, and will upgrade from its current 25Mbps speed...

(Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Comcast is doubling the speed for its Internet Essentials package—a $9.95-a-month plan—after a former employee claimed the program’s speed promises were a sham.  The download speed is going up from 25Mbps to 50Mbps. Meanwhile, the upload speed is increasing from 3Mbps to 5Mbps. Most importantly, this is coming at no extra cost for Internet Essentials subscribers, Comcast announced on Tuesday.  “To receive the increased internet speeds, existing customers will not need to do anything. The new speeds will be rolled out nationally beginning...

(iStock.com) Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, a group of Baltimore-based students has argued Comcast’s low-income internet program, Internet Essentials, isn’t fast enough for remote learning. A former Comcast employee not only agrees, but it was also one of the reasons he quit. The cable giant has repeatedly defended its internet speeds in the program, which sells internet at $10 a month, saying it meets Federal Communications Commission (FCC) standards set for high-speed broadband. Former Comcast employee Chase Roper told BuzzFeed he left the company, in part, because of ...