Broadband lies and increased profits

Broadband providers are always crying the blues and how they need to institute things like caps in order to provide fair service to all along with how expensive all this stuff takes. Every time ... continue

Lies, Damn Lies, and Twilight Download Statistics

Stacey Higginbotham at GigaOm yesterday received a lot of attention for a post she wrote arguing that that metered broadband suffers a "Twilight Problem" based on a series of calculations based around downloading the movie Twilight. Our ... continue

Comcast’s sneaky way to get you to use up your caps – data backup

Coming soon to your favourite cable internet provider – the Comcast Secure Backup and Share. As a way for their customers to make sure that their data is always safe Comcast’s new service will come in three ... continue

Comcast issues block World of Warcraft Users

Issues with the Comcast Cable network are blocking and disconnecting users of popular online game World of Warcraft. It's not clear at the time of writing what was causing the issue, with a notice on the World of ... continue

Survey finds that 83% of Americans don’t understand the concept of bandwidth

Om Malik at GigaOm is on the anti-cap bandwagon again today, publishing a post titled "No Surprise: Survey Shows U.S. Consumers Hate Broadband Caps." The International Data Corporation on behalf of Zeugma Systems survey of a very small ... continue

Everyone needs to calm down about Internet Caps

Comcast's decision to implement a 250gb data cap on users continues to drive a ton of angst among American early adopters who believe the sky is falling. The latest round comes from Roku, makers of the Netflix ... continue

Comcast Wants to Slow Your Transfers (Again)

Comcast is now fighting back against the FCC -- and, seemingly, the world -- in insisting it has the right to intentionally slow down selected file transfers on its network. The battle began when reporters discovered last year ... continue

The Sky is Falling: Comcastic Caps

Starting October 1, Comcast users in the United States will have a 250GB per month data cap on their accounts, and will charge for excess usage. Let me say upfront on a less serious note: You've got caps! ... continue

Comcast: The More You Surf, The Slower Your Speed

Already under fire for its traffic management practices, Comcast is now considering a plan to slow down the connections of users transferring the most data during peak times. The company has just officially said it's "made ... continue

Comcast acquires Daily Candy for $125 million

With the aim of building its online portfolio, Comcast is acquiring Daily Candy, an email newsletter. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed though reports are pointing at $125 million. The company said the Daily Candy purchase ... continue

Stop Blocking, FCC Tells Comcast

In a move to preserve the open nature of the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to uphold the complaint against Comcast that it had illegally inhibited its users from using a file-sharing software, the New ... continue

thePlatform Signs Deal with Cable Competitor

Broadband video publisher thePlatform is taking another significant step. The company -- owned by Comcast since mid-2006 -- has just signed an agreement to handle video management for competitor Time Warner Cable's Road Runner portal service. thePlatform ... continue

Departed Yahoo Exec Joins Comcast

Former Yahoo executive Karin Gilford has officially joined Comcast as senior vice president of Fancast and online entertainment. Gilford -- whose departure from Yahoo just became known a few days ago -- will be in charge of growing ... continue

Comcast Company Picks Up Chirp Interactive

Broadband video publisher thePlatform -- owned by Comcast since mid-2006 -- has purchased social media company Chirp Interactive. Chirp Interactive built applications for social networks, namely its Chirpscreen utility that functioned as an interactive screensaver with content from ... continue

Fandango Acquires Disney’s Movies.com

Comcast-owned entertainment service Fandango has bought Movies.com from Disney. The acquisition gives the sites a combined estimated 9 million monthly visitors, according to Nielsen NetRatings. Fandango offers ticket purchases from 15,000 theaters across the U.S., while Movies.com ... continue

Comcast Invests In P2P Start-up

Comcast is investing in a new start-up that uses a file-sharing protocol to let companies send high-definition video over the net. The start-up is called GridNetworks and uses peer-to-peer technology to distribute video programming. It has branded ... continue

Comcast Acquires Plaxo

After months of speculation, Plaxo has announced that it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Comcast. According to CEO Ben Golub, Plaxo will remain an independent operation in Silicon Valley, reporting to Comcast Interactive Media, ... continue

ISPs Eye Bandwidth-Based Charges

A big bandwidth could soon cost you. Broadband Reports quotes a Comcast insider as saying the company may instate monthly data caps for its internet users. Right now, the insider says, executives are looking at limiting you ... continue