Tag: Comcast
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Comcast is Giving Free Speed Boosts To Millions of Internet Customers
Today, Comcast announced that millions of customers of its Xfinity Internet service will be getting free speed boosts nationwide. This speed increase is for new and future customers at no additional costs. “Streaming live sports, gaming, and other data-rich applications are driving Internet consumption to new heights,” said Emily Waldorf, Senior Vice President, Consumer Internet…
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Comcast Must Face Lawsuit over Voice Recognition Tech
Software development company Promptu Systems has revived a 2016 patent infringement lawsuit against Comcast. Last week, a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said a Pennsylvania district court incorrectly interpreted terms of the patents in the original case’s decision. Promptu now has another opportunity to make its infringement argument. Promptu filed a complaint…
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Could Comcast & Spectrum Block the New Sports-Only Live TV Service from Fox, Disney, & Warner Bros. Discovery? – Ask Luke
This month Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans to launch a new sports streaming service that will give live access to sports networks like ESPN, FS1, and BTN. Now a growing number of companies are objecting to and may even try to block the service. This includes several cable TV companies that are…
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The Recap: A Possible Peacock-Paramount+ Marriage, Sports JV Drama, and More
A busy week was capped off by another shocking revelation: Paramount and Comcast discussing combining their respective streaming services, Paramount+ and Peacock. We also continued to see the ripple effects of last week’s announcement from Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery to form a streaming sports joint venture, with a lot more unhappy…
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Altice’s Optimum Lost 267,000 Cable TV and 114,000 Internet Customers in 2023
Cable and internet provider Optimum continues to bleed customers at an alarming rate even as it lost money. The company reported fourth-quarter results that showed subscribers were dropping cable TV, broadband, and phone services. For the fourth-quarter, it lost 27,000 internet subscribers, 62,200 cable TV subscribers, and 57,400 phone subscribers. For the year, those totals…
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Comcast Debuts First Modem With Support For Next-Gen Internet Service and Wi-Fi 7
Comcast unveiled the first gateway, which acts as a modem and router, that supports both its next-generation internet service, called DOCSIS 4.0, and Wi-Fi 7. The gateway, called the XB10, was shown off at Comcast’s Converge event earlier this week, according to Light Reading. DOCSIS 4.0 is the newest standard in cable that utilizes technical…
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Comcast and Spectrum Want to Buy Smaller Cable TV Companies to Help Fight Cord Cutting
In recent years we have started to see a growing number of small cable TV networks shut down their video service since it is no longer profitable. One of the big questions is whether larger cable TV companies would buy the smaller ones even as they struggle with their own cord cutting issues. We have…
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How Fast Is the Average Speed of Comcast’s Xfinity Internet?
Thinking of getting Comcast’s Xfinity Internet service? Wondering what real speeds you can expect? Today we are going to breakdown what you should expect from Comcast Xfinity Internet. Ookla released its fourth quarter 2023 Speedtest Intelligence Report looking at Internet performance across multiple Internet providers. According to that report, Comcast’s Xfinity Internet had a median…
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Comcast & Spectrum Lost More Than 3 Million Cable TV Customers in 2023
We are finally getting a more accurate idea of just how hard cord cutting hit cable TV in 2023. Multiple cable TV companies announced that they would shutdown TV service. And, we are still waiting on many cable TV companies to report numbers, but the two largest cable TV companies lost over 3 million customers.…
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Comcast Is No Longer the Largest Cable TV Company in the United States
For years Comcast has been the largest cable TV company in the United States. Now Spectrum is king: the new largest cable TV company in the country. Spectrum’s jump to the number one spot was achieved by not losing as many customers as Comcast. Spectrum lost more than 1,018,000 million TV customers in 2023. That…