- These charts show Comcast acting more and more like a monopolist [Washington Post] “The charts show that Comcast’s service really has been getting faster. But there’s a striking pattern to Comcast’s upgrades: while every tier of Comcast service is faster than it was a decade ago, the rate of progress has been dramatically higher for customers who pay the most.”
- Comcast seeks to force bankruptcy on Houston channel [Philadelphia Inquirer] “Comcast on Friday filed a petition seeking to force the troubled Comcast SportsNet Houston, which it lent $100 million, into bankruptcy and said it would bid on the network’s TV rights if they are auctioned.”
- Comcast Ordered to Place Bloomberg With TV Peers [New York Times] “Comcast’s 22 million subscribers may soon find Bloomberg TV in a new spot on the cable lineup after a Federal Communications Commission ruling against the cable company.”
- Comcast’s Inadvertent ‘X2’ Preview [Multichannel News] “According to Comcast customers on the DSL Reports message board, X1 subs were able to get a glance at the new UI by pressing a sequence of buttons on their remotes that connected their boxes to servers that contained an early build of the X2 software. Those who did partake claimed that they were able to use an early build of X2 without some features, such as the new personalized recommendation engine and reported some bugs that were fixable with a reboot of the DVR. “
- Man Pleads Guilty In Scheme That Scammed $2.4 Million In Free Comcast Service [Consumerist]
Data show Comcast is ‘acting more and more like a monopolist’ [Comcast Roundup]
“The charts show that Comcast’s service really has been getting faster. But there’s a striking pattern to Comcast’s upgrades: while every tier of Comcast service is faster than it was a decade ago, the rate of progress has been dramatically higher for customers who pay the most.”
