http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/comcast Blog Articles Tagged with 'comcast' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1148328?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast Cable beat the telco carriers two to one for broadband adds in the third quarter of 2008, according to data out today from Leichtman Research Group. Of the 1.3 million total broadband adds in the quarter, 873,745 went to cable, as opposed to 425,868... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:53:18 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1148328?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1147966?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast If you are like me, then you re one of the many millions who have cut the cord with their landline and gone all wireless. However, that doesn t mean people don t want phones for their homes. Of course for them, there are many options some t... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:13:14 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1147966?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1140690?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast Comcast, the largest cable provider in the U.S. reported earnings today as did Qwest, the No. 3 telco provider. Comcast watched its earnings rise by 33 percent. Qwest saw sales drop and announced it will layoff 1,200 people. Between these two earn... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:06:26 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1140690?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1140701?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast The Free Press on Friday filed a petition with the Federal Communication Commission asking the agency to create rules that would force Internet Service Providers to detail how they manage and route traffic and what actual speeds are on their networks... Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:04:56 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1140701?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1139669?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast Cable company Cox Communications said today it plans to launch a nationwide wireless network to offer voice and data in the second half of 2009, and it will evaluate using the LTE fourth generation wireless standard for future network buildouts. Cox ... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:00:35 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1139669?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1139795?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast Cable company Cox Communications said today it plans to launch a nationwide wireless network to offer voice and data in the second half of 2009, and it will evaluate using the LTE fourth generation wireless standard for future network buildouts. Cox ... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:00:35 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1139795?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1139100?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast Image by wilding.andrew via FlickrFor our final daily SquawkBox, we discussed these stories:Reports are emerging that AT&T is developing an iPhone tethering plan, but network glitches are holding it up!Marlin, a digital rights technology created by S... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:09:01 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1139100?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1138361?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast A UK consumer group has found that 1 million British broadband users have come close to exceeding, or have exceeded, their ISP s broadband caps, according to the BBC. The group, uSwitch, also found that five of the nine Internet service providers t... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:59:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1138361?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1138006?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast Hold on to your wallets, sports fans, because Comcast is offering its Extreme50 class of upgraded cable broadband in Boston and its hometown of Philadelphia. The service offers 50 Mbps downstream and 10 Mbps up, but will set you back $139.95 a month... Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:01:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1138006?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1137523?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast With Apple s iTunes now offering HD programming from all four major broadcast networks, Netflix streaming shows from CBS, and Hulu letting you cherry-pick the best skits from Saturday Night Live, you might think it s time to cut the cabl... Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:01:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1137523?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1137466?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast I visited Time Warner Cable s Austin cable plant today in order to learn more about the last mile or how cable broadband gets from the Internet backbone to your home and how the limitations of cable play out in the way the company manages i... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1137466?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1136980?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast Comcast, the largest cable company in the U.S., is going to boost its consumer broadband speeds in some cases, doubling them without raising the price, according to DSL Reports. The new offerings are likely to be made available in a few week... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:50:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1136980?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1129370?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast Cable providers rate poorly on both customer service and pricing, but thanks to their speedy broadband service, they have so far managed to score more customers than the phone companies, according to a survey out today from research firm CFI Group. ... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:00:34 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1129370?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1129269?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast Yesterday Sprint launched its Xohm WiMAX service in Baltimore, the first step toward what could become a nationwide, alternative wireless broadband network. Within a few hours, the blogosphere was in an uproar over the network management practices Sp... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:05:15 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1129269?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1129056?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast Beginning on Wednesday, Comcast, the largest broadband service provider in the U.S., is going to start capping the total amount of data you can transfer using their broadband connection to 250GB per month. With this move, the cable company will b... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:53 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1129056?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1128962?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast It should hardly come as a surprise to anyone but nevertheless a survey conducted by International Data Corporation on behalf of Zeugma Systems, a company that makes an edge router for broadband networks, shows that consumers simply hate bandwid... Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:00:50 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1128962?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1126867?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast A quick chat yesterday with Charlie Douglas, a spokesman for Comcast, elicited some heartening information about the ISP s stated 250GB-per-month cap on bandwidth. Om s not a huge fan of caps because he believes they stifle innovation in the long... Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:07:04 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1126867?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1126024?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast On Friday, Comcast filed its network management plan, which we covered as did NewTeeVee. However, in the comments of the post, it became clear that customers don t really know what they re buying when they shell out $30 to $100 a month for a broa... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:54:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1126024?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1125191?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast Updated: Comcast has filed its plan with the Federal Communications Commission detailing how it intends to govern traffic on its network, and says it should affect less than 1 percent of its users. As expected, the plan hews closely to what Om laid o... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:10:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1125191?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1123072?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast Will personal cell towers replace the giant monstrosities currently sitting on rooftops and beside highways? Manish Singh, a VP with Continuous Computing, says that may be the case with the 4G buildout. He spoke with me about the company s new line... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:30:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1123072?rsstype=tag&tag=comcast