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Comcast will provide over 1,000 free Wi-Fi “lift zones” in community centers throughout the country, the company said on Thursday. The program is designed to help connect low-income families to the internet for educational purposes, as well as remote work and after-school care. 

Since 2011, Comcast’s Internet Essentials program has “helped connect more than 8 million low-income people to the Internet at home,” according to the Comcast blog post. This year is different, however, with many students enrolled in online schooling due to the coronavirus — and it’s showing how the digital divide is impacting students…