Tag: Comcast
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Comcast & Spectrum’s Hidden Fees & Taxes Can Add Over $60 a Month to Your Bill
We all see the ads for TV, phone, and internet for a crazy good deal. Or have a phone agent tell you they can give you TV and internet cheaper than internet only. So how can they advertise these great deals and yet you always seem to pay more? The simple answer is fees and…
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Comcast Just Out Bid Disney in Their Efforts to Buy FOX
Today Comcast made a $65 billion dollar offer out bidding Disney in their efforts to buy FOX. “Time is of the essence for your consideration of our proposal,” Comcast CEO Brian Roberts wrote in a letter to Fox’s board. Comcast has filed a statement with the SEC in opposition to the Disney/21st Century Fox merger.…
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Comcast Says They Remain “Committed To an Open Internet” After Net Neutrality Ends
Today marks the official end to the FCC Net Neutrality rules. Now control over regulating the internet moves from the FCC to the Federal Trade Commision FTC. Before 2015 The FTC had control over regulating the internet and it was only for the three years that the FCC had control. This change has raised fears…
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Disney is Lining Up Cash to Fight Off Comcast
Recently it was announced that FOX and Disney have come to a deal to sell most of FOX to Disney in a mostly cash deal. Now that deal is not done and Comcast had previously tried to buy Fox but was beat out by Disney. Last week Comcast once again announced plans to make an all-cash…
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Netflix is Now Worth More Than Comcast
As the way Americans watch TV shows and Movies change so has the value of the companies that offer them. As more Americans move to streaming online as you would expect Netflix would benefit from this move. Now at least in market value Netflix is bigger than Comcast. Today according to FierceCable Netflix is now…
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Comcast Once Again Plans to Try and Buy FOX Before Disney Closes Their Deal
Recently it was announced that FOX and Disney have come to a deal to sell most of FOX to Disney. Now that deal is not done and Comcast had previously tried to buy Fox. Now it looks like Comcast is once again planning to make an all-cash offer to buy select 21st Century Fox assets before…
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Comcast is Leaking Names & Passwords of Customers’ Wifi Networks
In what is just one more example of why you should not use the WiFi router rented by your internet service provider is a report today that says they may leak your password. Yesterday ZDNet reported that Comcast had a major security breach and revealed the passwords of their Xfinity-provided wireless routers in plaintext on the…
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Comcast is Charging a $90 Installation Fee Even When No Installation is Needed
Well, it looks like Comcast has a new way to make money. Charge as much as $90 in installation fee even if they don’t have to do anything. Recently ArsTechnica did some research oComcast’sts installation fee and found that it varies wildly but if your area has a $60 or $90 installation fee you have to…
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Comcast Reportedly Has a New Tactic to Trick Cord Cutters Into Buying Cable TV
For years phone reps have tried everything possible to get cord cutters to come back to cable TV. Typically these efforts go by ads that hide many of the fees and taxes. More recently they have started to limit access to their fastest internet packages to TV customers. Now we have been hearing of a…
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Comcast Has a New Plan to Fight Cord Cutting: Don’t Sell Them High Speed Internet…
Comcast has a new plan to fight cord cutting. This week BoingBoing is reporting that Comcast is no longer selling their fastest internet plans to customers who also don’t subscribe to a TV package. You can still get internet from Comcast, but their fastest plans are being limited to customers who also have a TV…