Comcast to offer free wireless router for new Xfinity customers [Roundup]

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• Comcast to offer free wireless gateway [Connected Planet] — With Comcast subscription, more from the company’s blog here.
• Comcast shows off its new ‘Barcelona’ HD guide upgrade [Engadget]
• iPad, Xoom Get First Crack at Comcast’s AnyPlay [Light Reading Cable]
• Comcast content swap in Phila. nets high school sports [Philadelphia Business Journal] — “Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia’s CSNPhilly.com  site will provide the Calkins newspaper chain with pro sports coverage in exchange for high school sports coverage from Calkins reporters.”
• Comcast: Wait time for service appointments has shrunk from four hours to two [Boston Globe] — “Comcast Corp. said its initiative to shorten the waiting times for most scheduled service appointments to two hours is now in effect in the Greater Boston market.”
• Comcast’s GM resigns to become Knology’s GM [Augusta Chronicle] — Abu Khan, “The general manager of Comcast in Augusta has left to become the manager of Knology in Augusta.”
• Comcast policy on credits for interrupted service after snowstorm displeases Springfield City Councilor James Ferrera [Mass Live] — Springfield, Mass. “City Councilor James J. Ferrera III  told Comcast Cable officials Monday that he disagrees with the company’s policy of requiring customers to call Comcast if they are seeking a refund for interrupted service related to the major snowstorm on Oct. 29. “