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Comcast To Launch Online Backup Service - In 10, 50, or 200GB flavors...will count against new cap...
Comcast To Launch Online Backup Service - In 10, 50, or 200GB flavors...will count against new cap...
Comcast insiders have informed Broadband Reports that the cable giant will soon be launching an online backup and storage service called Comcast Secure Backup and Share, for which customers can pay a monthly or yearly fee. The plan is to offer several storage options: 10GB worth of storage ...
Sources: AT&T, Comcast may help RIAA foil piracy
news.cnet.com — CNET staff writer Marguerite Reardon co-authored this report. AT&T and Comcast, two of the nation's largest Internet... service providers, are expected to be among a group of ISPs that will cooperate with the music industry in battling ... (more) Sources: AT&T, Comcast may help RIAA foil piracy
Sources: AT&T, Comcast likely to help RIAA foil piracy
news.cnet.com — Two of the nation's largest ISPs have indicated they would penalize chronic illegal file sharers.... (more) Sources: AT&T, Comcast likely to help RIAA foil piracy
Microsoft Sells Entire Comcast Stake
blogs.barrons.com — Microsoft (MSFT) disclosed in an SEC filing on Friday that it has sold its entire 7.3% stake... in Comcast (CMCSA) Class A common stock. Microsoft had owned 150,935,575 shares. In a research note this morning, Bernstein Research analyst Craig ... (more) Microsoft Sells Entire Comcast Stake
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Reach Your Broadband Cap With Comcast Backup Service [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... drive and limited file-sharing, according to DSL Reports. According to the report, the Comcast backup service will offer several storage options: 10GB worth for $4.99 a month, or $49.99 per year; 50GB for $9.99 a month or $99.99 year; or 200GB for $19.99 a month. That’s cheaper than Verizon’s offering and other online backup and sharing options such as those from ...

Comcast’s sneaky way to get you to use up your caps – data backup
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... 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 different levels of storage space. The basic level will cost you $4.99 per month for 10GB. The middle tier will cost you $9.99 per month for 50GB and finally at the top end you can spend $19.99 per month for 200GB. As the folks over at DSL Reports are reporting Once the service is purchased by a primary Comcast ...

Dear ISPs: When Launching Value Added Services, How About Actually Adding Value?
Techdirt — ... for a stunning $31/month (with a limit of 50GB of backup storage). That seemed fairly ridiculous, given that you could get an unlimited backup service from Carbonite or Mozy for $5/month, or using JungleDisk with Amazon's S3 for exceptionally low prices as well (depending on how much you use -- but 50GB comes in at way less than $31). Now comes the news that Comcast is also launching its own backup service, with a few different price points, but starting at $5/month for only 10GB and going up from there. It's not a bad service to offer -- and, surely, ...

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