I hate Comcast
Unfortunately, I live in an area where the only broadband service provider is Comcast. So, I have Comcast. Getting started with Comcast was as… Comcastic… as one would expect. Their website is not very clear on pricing...
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Apple and Comcast are discussing “special treatment” for Apple set-top box, says WSJ
Apple is currently in discussions with Comcast for “special treatment” on a set-top box, according to The Wall Street Journal. If the companies reach a deal, Comcast would potentially offer Apple’s streaming cont...
House of Cards will soon be available to Comcast subscribers
Those who subscribe to Comcast will soon be able to watch House of Cards through the Xfinity Store, which came out in November and is Comcast’s response to services like Netflix and Amazon Instant Video. An exact date for wh...
Hacker group claims to have hacked Comcast, company tries to downplay incident
Hacker group NullCrew is claiming to have hacked Comcast’s servers next week. The group is claiming to have hacked the company’s webmail servers, gaining Zimbra LDAP and MySQL passwords — it’s likely they h...
Your Comcast router at home is broadcasting free WiFi to others
Last June, Comcast began expanding a nationwide WiFi service to its subscribers. They did this by turning the routers of their subscribers into WiFi hotspots; in other words, by offering up your home connection to other Comcast su...
Cable executives want to consolidate the industry into just two companies in the US
TV has always been a rough industry to succeed in, and apparently, in the wake of Netflix and Hulu engaging more and more users, major cable companies are starting to feel the squeeze. That’s why John Malone, CEO of Liberty ...
This is how each ISP is implementing the six-strikes anti-piracy program
Now that the “six-strikes” Copyright Alert System has gone live, and we know exactly how some of these alerts will look like, it’s about time that ISPs revealed how they’ll be implementing the system. Let&#...
This is what the warnings sent by six-strikes anti-piracy program actually look like [Image]
A couple of days ago, the “six-strikes” Copyright Alert System was officially launched in the US. But until now, all we’ve known about the system are the details of how it works and the ISPs that will be particip...
Comcast to charge customers $10 for every 50 GB consumed over monthly limit…
…if you live in Nashville, Tennessee. Comcast, the largest broadband Internet Service Provider in the United States, has been capping the bandwidth of its customers at 250 GB for a while now. Recently, however, Comcast has d...
NBC buys out Microsoft’s share of MSNBC.com for $300 million, renames itself to NBCNews.com
Ever wonder why MSNBC.com was named MSNBC? Well it was because of Microsoft’s stake in the digital property (‘MS’ standing for Microsoft… duh). I say “was” because the partnership is now over: N...