Comcast NBCUniversal has announced a $250,000 donation to support relief and recovery efforts in Florida following Hurricane Idalia.
This includes a $200,000 contribution and $25,000 worth of advertising time for public service announcements to support Volunteer Florida’s Florida Disaster Relief Fund in addition to a $25,000 donation to Second Harvest Food Bank of the Big Bend.
In preparation for the storm and to help residents and emergency personnel stay connected during clean-up efforts, 415,000 public Xfinity WiFi hotspots throughout Idalia’s path in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina were made available for anyone to use, including non-Xfinity customers, for free.
Comcast also removed the data threshold for Xfinity Mobile and Comcast Business Mobile customers and removed data overage charges for “By the Gig” Xfinity Mobile and Comcast Business Mobile customers from Aug. 30 to Sept. 12.
To help get communities back online as quickly as possible, Comcast deployed 2,100 emergency generators to provide a temporary power solution and routed Xfinity WiFi-enabled vans to communities impacted areas.
Through the Comcast NBCUniversal Matching Gift Program, the company is matching employee donations to eligible nonprofit disaster relief organizations.
For help and information, customers can chat online with an agent, go to Xfinity.com/response or connect with Comcast on Twitter at @xfinitysupport.
