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Comcast to Roll Out Extreme 50 MBPS High-Speed Internet Service in Oregon and Southwest Washington in December
Beaverton, ORE - November 17, 2008 Comcast, the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services, today announced it is making the leap from broadband to wideband with the launch of next-generation DOCSIS 3.0 in Oregon and Southwest Washington. ...
Comcast Gives Away Free HDMI Cables (If You Ask) [Dealzmodo]
Comcast Gives Away Free HDMI Cables (If You Ask) [Dealzmodo]
gizmodo.com — A Comcast cable guy just told me that if you go to swap out your composite or... component DVR/cable box for an HDMI-friendly one, and you specifically ask for an HDMI cable , they'll give you one at no charge. It's not super long, but it should do the ... (more) Comcast Gives Away Free HDMI Cables (If You Ask) [Dealzmodo]
Filings Watch: Disney Sold Movies.com To Comcast For $17 Million
paidcontent.org — Earlier this year in June, Fandango, the online movie tickets service which is part of Comcast (... NSDQ: CMCSA ), bought out movies info site Movies.com from Disney ( NYSE: DIS ), for an undisclosed sum at that time. Now the amount has come out, in ... (more) Filings Watch: Disney Sold Movies.com To Comcast For $17 ...
Having a Sense of Proportion on Network Neutrality
techliberation.com — On Wednesday I responded to the first half of Steve Schultze’s critique of my network neutrality paper,... which focused on my historical argument about the dangers of unintended consequences. Let me now turn to the second half of his post, which ... (more) Having a Sense of Proportion on Network Neutrality
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Comcast's 50 Mbps service comes to OR, WA next month
Webware.com — ... 's cable Internet service in Oregon and Southwestern Washington state will be getting their connections switched over to "wideband." The upgraded service, which ...

DOCSIS 3.0 Arrives
dailywireless.orgComcast today announced it is offering DOCSIS 3.0 in Oregon and Southwest Washington. In December, Comcast’s new cable modem services will be available to residential homes and businesses throughout the communities that Comcast serves. Comcast will offer a range of services including the Extreme 50 tier with download speeds of up to 50 Mbps. Comcast says Extreme 50 can download a 6 GB movie in about 16 minutes. DOCSIS 3.0 uses channel bonding, which enables multiple downstream and upstream channels to be used together by a ...

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Comcast's 50 Mbps service comes to OR, WA next monthCNET News.com 11/17/2008
Comcast subscribers from the Pacific Northwest will be the next group of lucky folks to get access to Comcast's wideband services, which bring up the top speed to 50 Mbps.
Comcast Cranks Up Bandwidth Speed: Caps Limit the 'Wow' FactorToday @ PC World 11/18/2008
Comcast to offer 50Mbps 'Wideband' service in northwest region of U.S. – but usage caps remain.