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Comcast Will Launch Netflix, Peacock, Apple TV+ Streaming Bundle This Month
It's like cable, without the cord. Comcast says the streaming bundle will be available soon at a 'vastly reduced price' compared to buying each subscription separately.
Comcast Now Offers No-Data-Cap, No-Contract Broadband Nationwide
Now Internet, starting at $30/month, leads a family of prepaid services that includes video and wireless. But if you already subscribe to Xfinity, you’ll need to remove it from your account.
Comcast Talks Up Network Resiliency, But What About Those Data Caps?
At a Philadelphia event, the cable provider unwraps a new Wi-Fi 7 router and a 'High Fidelity Video' option, but what does that mean for Comcast's 1.2TB data cap?
Comcast Agrees to Back Off '10G' Branding a Little
The National Advertising Review Board forces Comcast to stop using a cable-industry marketing term to describe Xfinity service that does not, in practice, achieve '10G' speeds.
Hackers Hit Comcast's Xfinity to Steal Data on 35 Million People
In some cases, the hackers only stole usernames and hashed passwords. But in other cases, details including contact information and dates of birth were looted.
Comcast to Hike TV and Broadband Rates (Yes, Again)
A Comcast rep says most TV bundles will increase by $2 a month, but other reports indicate a $4 internet hike, $6 TV-bundle increase, $4 jump in broadcast-TV rates, and a $1 bump in 'RSN' fees.Â
How Fast Is Your Internet Connection...Really?
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The FCC Is Ready to Hear Your Broadband Data Cap Horror Stories
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel asks the commission to begin a formal investigation into why data caps persist among residential broadband providers.
Comcast Courts Cord Cutters With $20 'Now TV' Skinny Streaming Bundle
The streaming package features 41 name-brand news and entertainment channels, plus Peacock Premium streaming. But you need to be a Comcast broadband customer to get it.
Comcast Puts Up 'Over 5 Million Served' Sign for Xfinity Mobile
The resold Verizon wireless service consistently does better in customer surveys than other Comcast products.
Comcast Boosts Internet Speeds for Most Xfinity Subscribers
The majority of Xfinity subscription tiers get a speed increase of between 25Mbps and 200Mbps.
Comcast's Xfinity Mobile Cuts Rates for Subscribers With 2 or 3 Lines
Comcast’s Verizon-based MVNO still imposes a 20GB monthly limit on full-speed use.
TV Subscription Losses Almost Double Broadband-Subscription Gains in Q1
Leichtman Research Group finds that top TV providers lost 1.95 million subscribers while top broadband providers added 1.065 million customers–with a lot of help from fixed wireless.
Still Got Cable? Pay TV Providers See Subscriber Exodus in 2021
The total would have been worse if not for growth among streaming-TV services.
2.95M Americans Added Broadband in 2021, and Almost All of Them Got Cable
The pandemic boom is over, but the biggest phone and cable providers in the US still racked up almost 3 million new subscribers in 2021, says Leichtman Research Group.
What's on Our Wi-Fi Networks? Smart Exercise Machines See Huge Growth
One-third of the gadgets connecting to Comcast's network last year were mobile phones. Streaming and gaming devices were up there too, but none saw a bigger jump than Pelotons, Mirrors, and the like.
Gunfire in Oakland Leaves 30,000 People Without Internet, TV, Phone Services
17 shots were fired into the air, some of which hit Comcast's fiber cables.
Comcast Launches Video Doorbell for Xfinity Home Customers
The $120 buzzer records 24/7 video and features a two-way speaker.
Cord Cutting's Latest Toll: 1.34 Million Legacy Pay-TV Subscribers Gone
A loss of roughly 650,000 pay TV subscribers, according to Leichtman Research Group, understates how badly traditional services got clocked in the quarter.
Report: Comcast Prepares to Launch Its Own Smart TVs
The company is expected to offer two models manufactured by Hisense and using XClass TV branding.