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etc: Comcast will begin rolling out 100Mbps home Internet service over the next 12-18 month. No word on pricing.
Comcast will begin rolling out 100Mbps home Internet service over the next 12-18 month. No word on pricing. Read More: Multichannel News Read the comments on this post
Continue reading »Comcast’s Unlimited Usage Really Means 250GB p/mo
Broadband subscriber finds out the hard way that the “unlimited usage for a flat, monthly fee” sentence printed in his Comcast brochure should really read “limited usage for a flat, monthly fee.” I mentioned back in late 2008 how Comcast announced it was going to amend its Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and establish a specific monthly data cap of 250GB p/mo for all its residential customers. The plan was partly in response to a ruling by the FCC ordering it to halt a previous scheme at managing network traffic that involved throttling BitTorrent traffic. From its Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) : The Service is for personal and non-commercial residential use only.
Continue reading »Congress told that Comcast/NBC merger a big crapshoot
Congress held another hearing on Comcast’s proposed buyout of NBC Universal on Thursday, and as at earlier gatherings, the critics came out swinging. The merger will cost jobs, Communications Workers of America President Larry Roberts warned the House Judiciary Committee. As a result of debt incurred by the transaction, he contended, “the new entity will be under intense pressure to cut costs…
Continue reading »Congressional Research Service says Comcast/NBC deal a go
The proposed Comcast/NBC merger has aroused plenty of controversy in Congress and elsewhere; it’s also the subject of two antitrust reviews, one at the Department of Justice and one at the FCC. According to the Congressional Research Service , though, the deal appears to be done and will certainly be approved. CRS is Congress’ private research agency, and it prepared a report a few weeks ago on the Comcast/NBC deal.
Continue reading »etc: Comcast and NBC Universal have officially asked for the Department of Justice’s blessing on their union.
Comcast and NBC Universal have officially asked for the Department of Justice’s blessing on their union. Read More: Broadcasting & Cable
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