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  Comcast: The Official Website | High Speed Internet | Cable | Telephone Service
Premieres May 26th on AandE HD Michael Crichton's techno-thriller about an alien pathogen is now a must-see HD mini-series.
In order to experience Comcast's HDTV service, you need an HDTV cable box that enables you to receive and watch HDTV programs....
At Comcast, we are here to support you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
www.comcast.com   (188 words)

  
  Comcast targets Internet `abusers' but won't reveal limits
But Comcast, citing a fuzzy "acceptable use" policy, is now cracking down on the heaviest users on the premise that their consumption could degrade neighbors' service.
A senior Comcast technician, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing his job, said letter-triggering usage is typically about 100 gigabytes a month, though it varies from city to city.
Comcast and several other cable firms are doubling their top download speeds to 3 megabits per second, which makes it easier for users to consume more bandwidth and cross any limits.
www.securityfocus.com /news/7940   (1420 words)

  
  TERMS OF USE - Comcast.net
Comcast reserves the right, but not the obligation, to refuse to transmit or post and to remove or block any information or materials, in whole or in part, that it, in its sole discretion, deems to be offensive, indecent, or otherwise inappropriate, regardless of whether this material or its dissemination is unlawful.
Comcast reserves the right to remove, block, or refuse to post or store any information or materials, in whole or in part, that it, in its sole discretion, deems to be offensive, indecent, or otherwise inappropriate regardless of whether this material or its dissemination is unlawful.
Comcast doesn't require that you use this form, and copyright owners may use their own notification of claimed infringement form that satisfies the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the U.S. Copyright Act.
www.comcast.net /terms/use.jsp   (3326 words)

  
  Welcome to Comcast Business!
Comcast reserves the right, but not the obligation, to refuse to transmit or post and to remove or block any information or materials, in whole or in part, that it, in its sole discretion, deems to be offensive, indecent, or otherwise inappropriate, regardless of whether this material or its dissemination is unlawful.
Comcast reserves the right to remove, block, or refuse to post or store any information or materials, in whole or in part, that it, in its sole discretion, deem to be offensive, indecent, or otherwise inappropriate regardless of whether this material or its dissemination is unlawful.
Comcast doesn't require that you use this form, and copyright owners may use their own notification of claimed infringement form that satisfies the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the U.S. Copyright Act.
work.comcast.net /legal/use.asp   (3202 words)

  
 GetNetWise | Comcast
Comcast is proud to be a part of GetNetWise and assist in educating consumers about Internet safety and resources that help customers make the most of their Internet experience.
Comcast will continue to develop ways and employ means to fight spam with the most effective and advanced technology available.
Comcast continues to develop additional new and advanced tools to help customers feel safe and secure so that they may enjoy their broadband Internet experience to the fullest.
www.getnetwise.org /about/supporters/comcast   (620 words)

  
  Comcast Cable Internet Deals - Comcast High Speed Internet - EZ ISP Info
Comcast high speed internet is broadband internet access available from Comcast, the well-known cable TV service.
Comcast Cable Internet – Feel the power of 100% Pure Broadband with scorching speeds up to twice as fast as 1.5Mbps DSL.
This means that Comcast cable internet is up to four times as fast as 1.5 Mbps DSL, and around 100 times faster than 56 Kbps dial-up connections.
www.ezisp.info /high-speed/comcast.html   (647 words)

  
 CNN.com - Comcast makes $54bn bid for Disney - Feb. 11, 2004
Comcast Corp. has made a surprise offer to buy Walt Disney Co. for $54 billion, a deal that would create one of the world's biggest entertainment companies.
Comcast would assume nearly $12 billion in debt under its proposal -- bring the total value of the proposed deal to about $66 billion.
During the conference call, Comcast Cable president Stephen Burke, who worked for Disney for 12 years before joining Comcast, said Comcast's first goal would be to restore Disney to the level of profitability it had a few years ago.
cnn.com /2004/BUSINESS/02/11/comcast.disney   (848 words)

  
 Get a Cable Modem....Go to Jail
In my case, Comcast's visit in June (when they cut off my service) was 2 counts--one for cable having been fraudulently hooked up, one for fraudulent receipt of service; and a subsequent visit they made in July, during which they saw that service had been reconnected, was again 2 counts.
I try to tell the police officer what Comcast's attorney has told me to tell him--that the charges are being dropped, and that he should call her to verify this--but he could care less about this--he just wants a signature on the papers and wants to leave.
Comcast Cablevision did not bother to check the records of the @Home Network to see if I was a subscriber of cable modem service before filing an application for a criminal summons, after they saw that the cable wires serving my home were connected.
www.geocities.com /flutocracy/cablemodem.htm   (6551 words)

  
 Consumer complaints about Comcast High-Speed Internet
First my internet service was out for 11 days and Comcast kept sending out a technician that was not qualified to repair the job even though they were repeatedly told by myself and their own service technician that they needed a higher up tech to come out.
Comcast was contacted about installong a cable modem for acess to the internet.
Comcast ISP continues to deliver mail to my account which is addressed to other people, not addressed to me. Every day 4-6 appear addressed to someone else.
www.consumeraffairs.com /internet/comcast_isp.html   (3551 words)

  
 GigaOM   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Two of the largest cable providers – Comcast and Time Warner Cable are testing a video-on-demand system that would allow them to release the movies on their VoD systems the same day DVD is released, which kind of takes away any competitive advantage of Vudu.
Comcast has been slowly leveraging its position as the number one broadband provider in the US into a position at Web’s version of the big-boys table, where stakes are high and tempers higher.
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator in the United States and one of the leading communications and entertainment companies in the world focusing on broadband communications and content.
gigaom.com /tag/Comcast   (1055 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Comcast to expand Internet phone service to Boston, Hartford
Comcast Corp. said Wednesday that Boston and Hartford, Conn., will be among the 20 metropolitan areas where it will launch $40-a.m.onth Internet phone service that routes calls over Comcast's broadband network.
Comcast announced plans in January to offer the service in 20 of its markets by year's end and expand to the rest of its territory next year.
Comcast also believes customers will be willing to pay more for battery backup to keep the phone line running during power outages.
www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/13/comcast_to_expand_internet_phone_service_to_boston_hartford   (275 words)

  
 Comcast takes hard line against spam | Tech News on ZDNet
Some measurement companies have highlighted Comcast as the greatest source of spam, most of it from subscribers who have no idea their computers have been transformed into spamming engines.
In Comcast's defense, the company is not a direct source of unsolicited e-mail, but a convenient distribution point due to its size and speedy bandwidth.
Comcast is not the first ISP to take this measure.
news.zdnet.com /2100-3513_22-5230615.html   (814 words)

  
 Comcast High-Speed Internet Reviews. Cable Modem Reviews by CNET.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Comcast provides only one short coaxial cable, which may be all you need.
Still, Comcast is always on, which means you don't have to fire up an app or log on, as with some services.
The same goes for the $5-a-month router, unless you purchase it from Comcast ($179), in which case you're covered only for the one year of the warranty.
reviews.cnet.com /Comcast_High_Speed_Internet/4505-6538_7-30914839.html   (923 words)

  
 Comcast and TiVo seal the deal | PVRblog
It also gives Comcast a premium PVR product that will be an asset in their competition against the satellites and other cable companies.
Comcast could spends hundreds of millions going around, over, ect, but in the end, it dawned on them that bringing TIVO into house puts many very valuable patents into their vaults.
Comcast was in the process of getting their PVR act together, agreed.
www.pvrblog.com /pvr/2005/03/comcast_and_tiv.html   (4045 words)

  
 Comcast Corporation: No Action, Interpretive and/or Exemptive Letter of October 7, 2004
Comcast will engage an independent information agent which will be responsible for providing guidance to Eligible Optionees who have questions about their eligibility to participate in, and steps necessary to participate in, the Program; and JPMorgan will not communicate directly with option holders concerning the Program.
Comcast does not view employee stock options solely as additional compensation to its employees, but as an important means by which the company can align the interests of its employees with its own, providing significant productivity benefits and incentives to employees.
Comcast also has authorized and outstanding Class B Common Stock and preferred stock, neither of which is registered under the Exchange Act or covered by Eligible Options.
www.sec.gov /divisions/corpfin/cf-noaction/comcast100704.htm   (3361 words)

  
 Comcast Cable | Comcast Digital Voice® | Comcast High-Speed Internet | Order All These Services at WhiteFence
Comcast is the nation's largest cable provider with over 21 million subscribers.
Comcast offers a wide variety of entertainment products ranging from digital cable to high speed to video-on-demand.
Comcast Digital Voice® is an advanced phone service that enables you to enjoy innovative new features without sacrificing any of your current phone service features or the clarity you expect.
www.whitefence.com /comcast/index.html   (201 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Comcast at Epinions.com
My mother has Comcast in the Vancouver, WA market and pays considerably less for a higher tier of service...and is also given one free movie a month.
Comcast also does not provide a feature that allows you to eliminate channels that are not included in your package.
Comcast is so big and so greedy, that they really don't care if I am not happy with their service.
www.epinions.com /content_127200693892   (2404 words)

  
 Comcast Careers - Browse the latest job availability and employment information
Comcast was founded back in 1963, when cable TV was pretty much for people in areas that couldn’t get a good broadcast signal, even with an ugly pair of rabbit ears.
Search here for contact information on additional companies that are part of the Comcast family, including VERSUS, The Golf Channel, E! Entertainment, Comcast Spectacor and others.
Join the Comcast team as a Communication Technician and work with a growing company that has an eye on the future of telecommunications and your career.
www.comcast.com /Corporate/About/Careers/careers.html   (206 words)

  
 How Comcast Censors Political Content
Most Comcast internet customers seem to have horror stories, but in my humble opinion this one is a doozie and may even suggest threats to freedom of speech more significant than the jailing of a court stenographer.
Comcast said that Symantec's Bright Mail filter was blocking the Emails, and that Symantec refused to lift the block, because they had supposedly received 46,000 complaints about Emails with our URL in them.
Comcast effectively censors discussion of particular political topics, and impedes the ability of people to associate with each other, with absolutely no compulsion to explain itself.
www.commondreams.org /views05/0716-20.htm   (1600 words)

  
 The biggest spammer on the Net? Comcast? | Tech News on ZDNet
Comcast's high-speed Internet subscribers have long been rumored to be an unusually persistent source of junk e-mail.
Overall, Comcast is the single biggest source of all types of e-mail, with a higher volume than the next two, Time Warner's Road Runner and Yahoo, combined.
Instead, Comcast's engineers plan to try the innovative approach of identifying the zombie PCs and surreptitiously sending the subscriber's cable modem a new configuration routine that prevents outbound connections on port 25.
news.zdnet.com /2100-9595_22-5218720.html   (1084 words)

  
 Comcast cutting off spam 'zombies' | InfoWorld | News | 2004-03-09 | By Paul Roberts, IDG News Service
Comcast has been contacting customers whose machines are being used as "zombies" to forward spam e-mail with warning messages.
Comcast declined to comment on whether it is stepping up its efforts to shut down the spam zombies, but the company will increase its efforts to match any increase in spam, Russo said.
Comcast says that it is aware of the problem, is alerting customers who were hacked and helping them secure their computers.
www.infoworld.com /article/04/03/09/HNcomcastspam_1.html   (1332 words)

  
 Engadget Search
They took their freaking time getting around to this, but at CES this week Comcast is showing off what they'd been promising to deliver for nearly two years: a cable DVR box with TiVo software on it.
Comcast says they're going to start offering their cable Internet subscribers the Wireless-G Cable Gateway, a cable modem from Linksys that comes with a built-in router and 802.11g wireless access point.
Now that they're BFF Comcast and TiVo are reportedly working together on a new type of advertising system that will be able to insert new, updated commercials into TV shows that were recorded days or even weeks ago, which means that episode...
www.engadget.com /search/?q=comcast   (885 words)

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