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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | BackyardProduction) A tiny Internet service provider has sued Comcast, alleging that the cable giant and its hired contractors cut the smaller company’s wires in order to take over its customer base. Telecom Cable LLC had “229 satisfied customers” in Weston Lakes and Corrigan, Texas when Comcast and its contractors sabotaged its network, the […]
Enlarge / A Comcast service vehicle. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) An electric utility in Tennessee has accused Comcast of not paying its bills for three years. The utility says it will start removing Comcast wires from utility poles next week unless the cable company pays up. In a notice on its website, the electric co-op […]
Comcast’s customer satisfaction score for subscription TV service fell 6 percent in a new survey, putting the company near the bottom of rankings published by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Comcast’s score fell from 62 to 58 on ACSI’s 100-point scale, a drop of more than 6 percent between 2016 and 2017. The ACSI’s […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | hidesy) A Comcast vendor sent a cease-and-desist letter to the operator of “Comcastroturf.com,” a website that helps people find out if their names were used by bots that have flooded the Federal Communications Commission with anti-net neutrality comments. Fight for the Future, the advocacy group that operates the site, issued […]
Photo: Wikimedia FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has said that he wants to kill net neutrality because he believes it will somehow create more competition, which would be good for consumers. Let’s take a look at how the two biggest cable companies in America handle competition. Comcast and Verizon’s Sneaky Push to Kill Net Neutrality Is […]
(credit: Ken Hawkins) Broadband ISPs have been painted into a corner for a long time when it comes to Wi-Fi. If you’re a broadband ISP and you don’t offer Wi-Fi, hordes of your customer base will leave you for a competitor who does. But if you’re a broadband ISP and you do offer Wi-Fi, you’ve just given […]
Enlarge (credit: Comcast) The nation’s biggest home Internet and mobile broadband providers say they’re big fans of net neutrality—but they’re also really glad that the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to dismantle its net neutrality rules. “We continue to strongly support a free and open Internet and the preservation of modern, strong, and legally enforceable net […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Spencer Platt) Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said yesterday that he’d be willing to have merger talks with just about any company, including Comcast. “If [Comcast CEO] Brian [Roberts] came knocking on the door, I’d have a discussion with him about it,” McAdam said in an interview with Bloomberg. “But I’d also […]
Truth is in trouble. Fake news. State disinformation campaigns. Facebook bubbles. But even as our deeply polarized electorate sets fire to The Enlightenment, there’s one shred of common belief that unites the right and left-wings of the world: the idea that Comcast is Bad. It’s downright patriotic. Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, […]
Comcast is jumping into the world of wireless, and will be unveiling its long-discussed mobile phone service later today. The company confirmed last September it would be launching a network this year, and according to a report from The Wall Street Journal, it will be unveiled later today as Xfinity Mobile. The service will be […]
