Comcast, the USA’s largest provider of cable television, high-speed internet, and communications products, is in reportedly in deep talks to buy NBC-Universal from G.E.
Details were ironed out during a meeting among bankers for both sides in New York on Tuesday afternoon.
Some reports indicate that a deal has already been formalized with [...]

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A large number of Comcast customers are reporting outages today, as it appears that service is down.
The main Comcast.net website is up and running but many customer are unable to complete their Comcast.net sign in or access their Comcast e-mail accounts.
We’ve just made a call to Comcast customer service and they tell us that they [...]

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If you are a customer of Comcast’s internet service, you might just want to go change your password.
It looks like a phishing attack left the usernames and passwords of about 4,000 Comcast customers exposed on the web – for more than two months.
The breech was discovered when Kevin Andreyo, an technology specialist in Pennsylvania and [...]

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It was the “oops” heard ’round the world, or at least in Arizona.
Comcast has apologized to Tucson-area customers over a 30-second porn interruption during the Super Bowl. The Philadelphia-based cable company issued a brief statement Monday saying the company is “mortified” and is conducting a thorough investigation.
Comcast SuperBowl Porn
Comcast now believes that the [...]

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It looks as though Comcast has decided to say “never mind” to those of us who had signed up for “unlimited” broadband internet access. I’ll soon be searching for another provider.
Comcast?
Shove it!
Comcast Limits Broadband Usage
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable operator, said on Thursday it will cap customers’ Internet usage [...]

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