It’s year six for Comcast’s Internet Essentials program, and the numbers are in: 47,000 families or approximately 190,000 people in the Greater Philadelphia Area are now signed up for the $10-a-month broadband service.

In a call with media outlets on Monday, Comcast EVP David L. Cohen said the program had hit a landmark of connecting 4 million people to the internet thanks to the backing of 9,000 organizations, politicians and nonprofits.

Philly proper accounts for 31,000 families or 125,000 individuals who are part of the program, which was first launched in 2011 as part of Comcast’s acquisition of NBCUniversal.

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