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Comcast announces new bandwidth throttling scheme

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 06:53:19 +0000

Comcast customers have been no stranger to bandwidth shenanigans over the years, from the whole torrent filtering mess to the 250GB monthly cap . Now the company is back with a new data throttling scheme intended to put the kibosh on excessive traffic during those times when the network is ...

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Comcast's New Throttling Plan Uses Trigger Conditions, Not Silent Blocking

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:38:00 +0000

clang_jangle writes with this excerpt from The Inquirer outlining Comcast's new traffic-throttling scheme , based on information from Comcast's latest FCC filing . "Its network throttling implements a two-tier packet queueing system at the routers, driven by two trigger conditions. Comcast's ...

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Comcast internet throttling is up and running

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

COMCAST , the second-largest US cable television and Internet communications service provider, has a new broadband traffic throttling scheme installed and operating in all of its markets. The ISP's new regime for restricting its customers' bandwidth utilisation replaces its former stealthy ...

Lifehacker found this 3 days ago on theinquirer.net

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Comcast Surviving FiOS, U-Verse Threats

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:40:13 +0000

AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) continue to build out their digital TV/super-fast broadband services U-Verse and FiOS across their service areas. But they don't seem to be having a big impact on Comcast, the biggest U.S. cable company. Read the rest of this story » See Also: Comcast ...

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Comcast Profits Rise 22 Percent, Beating Estimates

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:42:02 +0000

A combination of cost savings and an increase of both the number of subscribers and monthly bill rates pushed Comcast ( NSDQ: CMCSA ) past analysts expectations. Profits rose 22 percent to $944 million as revenue was up 3 percent to $8.802 billion, the latter which just missed analysts’ ...

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Comcast's bandwidth meter: Still vaporware

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:01:07 +0000

When last I checked on the bandwidth meter Comcast had said would be available to its customers at the start of this year, I was told it was still under construction. It became a hot issue late last year when...

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Going Full Gilt: DailyCandy Gets Into Sample

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:25:11 +0000

Like a lot of media companies that rely on advertising revenue these days, DailyCandy is eager to diversify its revenue streams. To that end, the Comcast-owned fashion and lifestyles site and e-newsletter has introduced Swirl , a sample sales site available only to DailyCandy subscribers. With ...

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Comcast Sees Digital YP Opportunity

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:45:00 +0000

The cable TV giant Comcast has begun offering a Yellow Pages-branded local search experience via its cable television network. Through the remote, Comcast subscribers can access local business listings through the television remote, and SMBs can have their information listed for an little ...

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A La Carte Cable Antitrust Suit Dismissed - Though suit will likely see an appeal...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:44:00 +0000

Comcast, DirecTV, Time Warner Cable and nearly a dozen other pay TV carriers have successfully beaten back a consumer lawsuit that accused the companies of antitrust behavior for forcing customers to buy bundles of channels. The companies, including Comcast's dream date NBC Universal, were sued ...

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Comcast Puts Yellow Pages On TV

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:52:55 +0000

Want a plumber? No need for the phone book or the Internet. Some TV viewers can now grab their TV remote control, because the Yellow Pages just hit television. Comcast Media Center, a division of Comcast ( CMCSA - news - people ) Cable in Philadelphia is unveiling Tuesday "Yellow Pages on ...

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Comcast Forges 'Excalibur' for IPTV

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) has an underground IPTV and video convergence project underway, code-named "Excalibur," Cable Digital News has learned. Comcast hasn't released any details about the project, said to be near the top of the MSO's priority list. But sources familiar with ...

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VoIP services bring in $21 billion for service providers in 1H09; strong demand continues

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:52:57 +0000

IP connectivity services currently make up about a third of total VoIP business service revenue, growing to 40% of the total by 2013 (managed IP PBX services and hosted VoIP and UC services make up the balance) The current sweet spot of the North American IP Centrex market is small business ...

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