- Comcast Is Turning The US Into Its Own Private Hotspot [TechCrunch] · “But here’s the problem: Comcast is essentially using your private residence as a corporate resource. They’re using your electricity. They’re using your Internet connection (although they claim they aren’t) and they’re opening up your private browsing to potential hackers. While Comcast will claim that these two streams are independent, there is nothing to stop a dedicated hacker from figuring out how to snoop data passing through the router. There is also nothing to stop someone from downloading illicit material, software, and other junk from your hotspot and then reporting you for theft or worse. “
- Comcast Targets Verizon With A Massive WiFi Initiative [Business Insider] · “With the flip of a switch, normal WiFi routers owned by more than 50,000 customers in Houston joined a massive public WiFi hotspot network late Tuesday afternoon, thanks to a new initiative from Comcast. On Wednesday, Comcast activated another 3 million residential hotspots nationwide, in cities like Indianapolis and Philadelphia. […] Spencer Kurn, a partner with New York-based New Street Research, said Comcast is indeed setting itself up for a phone network that would allow its users to switch seamlessly between traditional cellular connections and WiFi. Since Verizon purchased some of Comcast’s wireless spectrum last year, Comcast in return is able to access Verizon’s wireless network. In other words, a Comcast-owned wireless phone service could leverage Verizon’s cellular network and its own Wi-Fi networks.”
- Tech group calls on feds to block Comcast merger [The Hill] · “The group represents companies in the tech and telecom sectors, including Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft, TiVo, Aereo, T-Mobile and Sprint. Black said his group opposes the merger between two of the country’s largest cable companies and Internet providers because it would increase the company’s ‘bottleneck market power,’ giving it too much leverage when dealing with Internet users and websites.”
- Why Verizon won’t solve its Netflix problem as soon as Comcast [Ars Technica] · “Comcast spent months preparing network connections with Netflix—Verizon didn’t.”
- Time Warner Cable’s Former CEO Glenn Britt Dies [Wall Street Journal] · “Glenn Britt, a longtime chairman and chief executive of Time Warner Cable Inc., died Wednesday at his home in New York City after fighting cancer, the company said. He was 65 years old.”
- Comcast Business Launches Dual Band WiFi Device for SMBs [press release]
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