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Basically Every ISP Is Trying to Scare You Into Paying for Internet You Don't Need
You thought AT&T was screwing unsuspecting customers into paying obscene bandwidth bills with ridiculous claims of stuff you can't do? Time Warner says you can't have 3 people on the internet without at least 15Mbps. Oh, it gets worse.Remainders - The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn't Post (and Why)
In today's very special episode of Gizmodo Remainders, Microsoft admits to plagiarism, Comcast unveils a streaming video service, and stop reading this right now because you could develop nearsightedness. Plus, does anyone actually use MacDonald's Wi-Fi? More »Whoever Writes Comcast's Movie Descriptions Is a Genius
This astute synopsis of Lindsay Lohan's ultra-meta pièce de résistance isn't a fluke—no, over at Comcast, movie summarization has been elevated to an artform. That, or their whole staff has a raging pill habit. Either way! More »How 30 Rock's Jack Donaghy Feels About Comcast Swallowing NBC
Alec Baldwin reveals how his GE-jingoist counterpart on 30 Rock, Jack Donaghy, will take the news about Comcast buying a majority stake of NBC. It's sort of how I feel, but about life, and without an office. [Media Decoder]12/04/09
About three weeks ago on a Sunday, cable tv went out- phone and internet were fine. By Thursday, we'd had enough of watching tetris blocks fill the screen followed by "your service will continue momentarily"
They came out and it turned out to be a bad splitter, so they swapped it out and everything is fine.
Three weeks later, I get a service charge added onto my bill- $28. I hardly find this fair. I called CS and got no help from the lady. All she offered was to sell me a protection plan for a buck fifty a month. I asked to speak with a supervisor. After being on hold for a long time (total phone call 34 minute 29 seconds) Logan answers. He tells me that because the problem was inside my house and not outside, that they have to charge me for it. Bull shit I say. I've had this service three months and a part they provided fails and they want me to pay for it. I bitched that it was unfair and then said what about the 5 days I was out service. He offered me EIGHT DOLLARS. $8. I took it, his name and hung. Up. I know it's only $20 I'm out, but with them spending BILLIONS to buy a network corporation and refusing to budge on $20, I want to fight back. What should I do?
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The Real Reason Brian Roberts Is Buying NBC
Say what you will about how media moguls will never learn: Comcast CEO Brian Roberts isn't an idiot. So what is he thinking? More »The Comcast-NBC Merger Nutrition Facts
The Comcast-NBC merger is going to be a huge bag of hurt for everyone. A cable company owning a channel that reaches 99% of U.S. homes, controlling 1 out of every 5 TV viewing hours? Doesn't seem healthy to me. More »Comcast Delivering Two More Apps For The Holidays
Continuing Comcast's big day, Zats has learned that the cable provider will be rolling out two more customer apps (in addition to their data usage meter) in the near future: Xfinity and remote DVR scheduling. More »So, Comcast, About That Hulu Pay Wall
That's a resounding no from Comcast chief operating officer Steve Burke, who unfortunately isn't able to make this call, at all. But at least he means well! More »Comcast Eats GE, NBC Owned By Cable Provider
Comcast has sucked GE into a new venture that's 51% owned by Comcast, 49% owned by GE. But all you might care about is that Comcast now has controlling power of all NBC Universal properties, which include: More »Comcast Buying NBC From GE is a Done Deal
Comcast's acquisition of NBC from GE is a done deal reports David Faber on CNBC. All that needs to be done is paper work at this point. The deal should be announced Thursday morning, says Faber. More »Comcast Data Usage Meter Begins Rolling Out To Customers
Starting today, Comcast subscribers in the Portland OR pilot market area will begin receiving notifications that they can access a usage meter via their online accounts to help avoid data overage charges. More »Comcast TV Everywhere Goes Online Next Month for Free
Last June, the cable/sat industry announced plans for TV Everywhere, a way to bridge your subscription television content to your internet-connected devices. Comcast has just announced that their version of TV Everywhere, called On Demand Online, arrives next month. More »Clearwire, Comcast, and Sprint To Roll Out 4G In Select Markets Starting Next Month
Let's Look At Credit Score Rankings by Email Domains
Ranking the highest according to a sample of 20,000 credit scores and their corresponding email addresses are BellSouth and Comcast, with Gmail trailing right behind. Reasonable enough, but what's AOL doing anywhere but at the bottom? [Mashable]Comcast Is Buying Up NBC Universal
Gmail, Yahoo, and Comcast Users Also Caught in Web Mail Phishing Scam
Not Many People Use Standalone CableCards
By law, cable operators must offer standalone CableCards, used in everything from TVs to HTPCs to Tivos, to encourage competition with and choice beyond standard, clunky settop boxes. But not all that many people take advantage of the policy. More »Comcast to FCC: FUZZOFF!
FCC's Julius Genachowski just took out his mighty sword to kill internet providers' greed-driven traffic filtering, and the fat cats are already attacking. A Comcast fat cat named David L. Cohen, who of course is playing the FUD card. More »Comcast's New 100Mbps Cable Service Edges Us Closer to Japan-Level Broadband, Sort Of
Comcast just launched a new high-speed 100Mbps cable service in Minneapolis and St. Paul, making it the second provider to offer next-level speeds to a small market for a crazy price. More »US Broadband Providers Seek Excuses to Continue Sucking
US broadband is slower than many other countries, and our broadband providers want it to stay that way. They're pushing for standards in the FCC's definition of "broadband" that are over 350 times slower than Japan's speeds. More »