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ComEd Partners with QUILT to Help Bridge the Digital Divide on Chicago’s South and West Sides

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ComEd today announced that QUILT, an Illinois nonprofit supporting disadvantaged communities, will license reserve fiber optics on the ComEd system as part of its efforts to provide affordable high-speed broadband service on Chicago’s South and West Sides. Other similar agreements will be enabled by a $14.6 million grant awarded to ComEd last year by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (IIJA) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (NTIA), which supports a build-out of reser...

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