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Comcast Raises Rates; Competitors Prices Go Up as Well

Stevie Converse — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:47:50 -0500

Full article: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Kristi E. Swartz
Many of metro Atlanta Comcast customers started off the year with higher cable bills as the nation’s top cable provider raised rates for most of its TV packages. But with limited industry oversight and little competition, frustrated customers may find little options elsewhere as DirecTV and AT&T’s U-verse bump up their prices as well.

Comcast to Widen Low-Income Broadband Program, Double Speeds

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:59:02 -0500

Full article: Multichannel News
Todd Spangler
After connecting 41,000 low-income households under its $9.95-per-month Internet Essentials broadband service, Comcast will expand eligibility requirements for the program, as well as double connection speeds and step up digital literacy efforts.

Activists, Comcast Tangle over Accessiblity of Low-Income Program

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:52:10 -0500

Full article: WHYY-FM
Kevin McCorry
Saying Comcast isn't fully delivering on an FCC mandate to connect low-income schoolchildren with the World Wide Web, an activist group protested in front of the company's headquarters in Philadelphia.

Comcast: The Conglomerate with a Heart

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:01:24 -0500

Full article: Bleacher Report
Josh Friedman
Comcast cable rates vary by package, but the company charges about $75 per month for cable in Philadelphia. Many of their subscribers would gladly switch to Dish Network or DirecTV, but Comcast has not allowed those companies to carry Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, which shows a majority of Phillies, Flyers and Sixers games. Comcast has gone so far as to broadcast CSN Philadelphia on terrestrial, not satellite, equipment, thus giving them an excuse to bypass FCC rules that would otherwise require the cable giant to provide satellite companies access to the sports channel.

Comcast Ads During NFL Game Draw Flags

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:35:57 -0500

Full article: Politico
Brooks Boliek
Are you ready for some … cable commercials? Comcast customers watching the New York Giants eventually defeat the San Francisco 49ers had their viewing pleasure rudely interrupted with a couple of accidental commercials for the cable operator's Xfinity service. The sudden random appearance of the commercials or fragments of the commercials as plays were being run angered viewers who lit up social networks after the glitch.

Verizon, Comcast Send Marketing Deals to FCC in Airwaves Review

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:28:10 -0500

Full article: Bloomberg News
Todd Shields
Verizon Wireless and cable companies led by Comcast filed agreements with the U.S. government to sell each other's services, and said the deals shouldn't be part of a regulatory review of their $3.6 billion airwaves sale. The marketing arrangements announced alongside the airwaves sale last month don’t require approval by the FCC, the companies said in a filing posted on the FCC website.

If Comcast Can't Make It in the Wireless Biz, Who Can?

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:35:08 -0500

Full article: GigaOM
Kevin Fitchard
Comcast tried hard to become a mobile operator, but it failed to find a way to make the business work. That admission is a surprising one to say the least, and if Comcast is being forthright it also raises some troubling questions about the state of the U.S. wireless industry.

Comcast Challenges FCC's Decision on Tennis Channel Complaint

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:44:36 -0500

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton
Comcast has challenged the FCC's Tennis Channel program carriage complaint decision on two fronts. The cable operator asked the full commission to reverse the administrative law judge's finding that it had discriminated against Tennis Channel and challenged the FCC for not dismissing the complaint initially because it was filed after the statute of limitations had expired. The cable operator also argued that even if the FCC commissioners do not reverse the ALJ, they should vacate the channel-placement order.

Comcast Raising Cable Rates Twice in 10-Month Period

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:32:45 -0500

Full article: Boston Globe
D.C. Denison
Cable bills in Boston are on the rise again, just 10 months after sharp increases in fees charged by Comcast Corp. provoked both Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Senator John Kerry to request the FCC take action against rising prices.

Comcast Ducks Lawsuit over Hidden Modem Fees

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:20:43 -0500

Full article: Courthouse News Service
Nick McCann
A federal judge has dismissed most of a class action that claims Comcast markets and sells service plans without disclosing additional equipment fees.