Tag: Comcast
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Comcast to Employees: Don’t Say “Data Cap” to Describe Our “300GB Data Usage Plans”
Do you work at Comcast? If so you better not say “data cap.” In an internal training document obtained by Yahoo.com Comcast is telling employees to call the 300GB data caps a “300GB data usage plan.” Comcast wants their employees to say “Customers in non-trial areas have a 250 GB data usage plan, although we…
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Cable Companies Lose Big As Netflix Sees Huge Subscriber Gains In Q2 2015
Americans continue to leave overpriced cable TV companies in 2015. Predictions for subscribers who canceled their video packages—from cable, phone, and satellite providers including Comcast Corp. and Dish Network Corp.—range from about 280,000 to 360,000, based on analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. While 300,000 still seems very low that would be a noticeable jump from the 189,000…
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Comcast Starts Issuing Copyright Infringement Notices to Kodi Users
Do you have Comcast Xfinity and use Kodi unofficial add-ons to stream movies and TV shows? Well you may soon see a copyright infringement alert pop up or receive an email warning you to stop. We have received word from readers that they are getting copyright infringement notifications but only use Kodi to stream content.…
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The Best Comcast Xfinity Cable Modems Of 2015
Did you know you pay $120 a year in cable modem rentals? Comcast’s Xfinity Internet service charges $10 a month just to rent their cable modem, but there is great news! You can buy your own cable modem and never pay a rental fee on your modem again! After you buy your new modem just…
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Pay-TV Companies Lost 470,855 Subscribers in 2nd Quarter 2015
In 2015 pay-TV companies lost a total of 480,855 subscribers in just three months according to the Leichtman Research Group. Verizon FiOS was the only pay-TV company to gain subscribers of the top nine pay-TV providers at just 26,000. DirecTV was the biggest loser dropping 133,000 subscribers followed by Dish (81,000) and Comcast (69,000). This…
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Comcast now has more Internet Subscribers than TV Customers
2015 is continuing to be the year of the Cord Cutter as more and more signs point to the death of cable TV. Edgadget recently reported that Comcast now has 22.55 million internet customers as compared to just 22.3 million TV customers. While this may seem to be a minor margin of victory, it marks…
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Why The Comcast Internet Plus TV Packages May Not Be The Best Deal For Cord Cutters
Comcast has been heavily pushing their Internet Plus Plan which offers Cord Cutters some TV channels with their Internet packages. It is suspected that Comcast does this to help keep their subscriber numbers artificially high. So, we took the time to look at 3 different plans Comcast offers: all with 50Mbps down internet. We also…
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Comcast Vice President Admitted We Are “Transition To Internet Television”
Comcast’s executive vice president Stephen Burke recently admitted during the third quarter results meeting that “We are still early on in the transition to internet television that I think we are going to see a lot of surprising things.” Well Comcast may see the future of TV being online the CBS and HBO announcements caught them…
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Comcast Lost 81,000 Cable Subscribers But Gains 315,000 Internet Subscribers
Comcast just announced a 49.7% increase in net income in the 3rd quarter of 2014 over the same quarter last year. Many are trying to use this number to say the traditional cable model is safe but when you break down the numbers it paints a dark picture for the cable arm of Comcast. Comcast…
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How To Stop Getting Spam Email And Mail From Comcast, Directv, Dish, TWC, And More
We all know the pain after you cancel your TV service you get hundreds of emails and letters asking you to come back. Here is how you can get off their contact list for many of the major companies. The first thing you need to do is add yourself to the Do Not Call list.…