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Comcast

RIAA Tired After 5 Years Of Failure. Goes To The ISPs For Help

December 19, 2008

It’s official, the RIAA is tired of suing illegal downloaders. The organization that has been patrolling the industry for the last 5 years now wants to put the ISP’s in charge, because they couldn’t make a difference. The WSJ reports:

The decision represents an abrupt shift of strategy for the industry, which has opened legal proceedings [...]

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Comcast Releases Q3 Earnings. Time For A Price Drop?

October 29, 2008

Consolidated Revenue Increased 10%; Pro Forma Growth of 7%
Consolidated Operating Cash Flow Increased 10%; Pro Forma Growth of 8%
Consolidated Operating Income Increased 20%
PS of $0.26; Adjusted EPS of $0.24 Increased 33%
Free Cash Flow Increased 77% to $928 Million
Repurchased 40 Million Common Shares for $800 Million

Nice numbers Comcast. I wonder if their data capping had anything [...]

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Comcast Listen To Mark Cuban, 250GB Download Caps Coming Wednesday

September 30, 2008

Mark Cuban has been telling Comcast they need to eliminate P2P sharing and put a cap on broadband usage.
Wednesday they will start the capping, charging users stiff prices if they break the 250GB data usage.
Their claim is 5% of users account for 40-80% of total data.
51% of people say they would jump to another carrier [...]

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Roku: Comcast Limit Means Nothing (Lie)

September 7, 2008

Roku just signed a deal with Netflix to stream movies through their $99 set-top box while keeping the same monthly price of a regular Netflix subscription.
Comcast has announced they will introduce a bandwidth limit in October, capping subscribers at 250GB per month.
Roku VP of consumer products says that Comcast’s impending cap is “unfortunate … but [...]

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