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Comcast agrees to add Netflix streaming app to its X1 set-top box

Are Comcast and Netflix burying the hatchet? After years of squabbling, the two companies reached a landmark agreement to allow the… Read More

Comcast joins eSports craze with new brand sponsorships for ESL and Evil Geniuses

Comcast is the latest corporation to get in on the eSports movement, today announcing brand partnerships with both the ESL… Read More

GeekWork Picks: ThePlatform seeks engineers for leading cloud-based video platform

thePlatform, a subsidiary of Comcast, is a provider of online video publishing tools and video management solutions. Utilized by streaming… Read More

Comcast boosts data caps from 300GB to 1TB in all test cities

Comcast is raising the bar on its data caps again, this time more than tripling the base amount of data… Read More

Amazon starts selling Comcast Xfinity packages in first-of-its-kind relationship with cable giant

Amazon has quietly rolled out the Amazon Cable Store in a bid to make cable TV, internet and home phone service much… Read More

From Tennessee to SF Bay Area, hopes crushed for expanding broadband competition

The past week has been full of setbacks for those striving to boost competition among broadband suppliers and provide consumers… Read More

Comcast looks to expand X1 sports platform, acquires data startup OneTwoSee

More and more sports fans are interacting with a “second screen” — a phone, a tablet, a laptop, etc. — while… Read More

Someone in Congress notices Comcast customers hurt by lack of cable competitors

Comcast is a “repeat offender” when it comes to over billing customers, according to six Democratic US senators, and the… Read More

Comcast continues metered streaming as new alternative to cable emerges

A growing number of Comcast customers, whose data use surpasses the arbitrary limits set by the cable company, are getting… Read More

Comcast slowly rolls out DOCSIS 3.1 for 1Gbps speeds over cable infrastructure

Getting the fastest internet speed available typically requires fiber optic cables that transmit data with pulses of light, which can require digging… Read More

Cord cutting is the new mortgage burning: 1 in 5 young adults have broken up with cable or satellite

If you make money charging people for TV access, here’s the latest set of scary numbers. A new Pew Research… Read More

Comcast data caps cost this consumer $90 a month extra; more fees for more users coming in January

While Comcast moves ahead with its plan to add cell-phone-like data usage fees to home Internet service, consumers like Kimberly… Read More

Report: Comcast data caps result in more than 13,000 FCC complaints

Comcast is slowly expanding data caps for its home internet users, with many Xfinity Internet users in the southeast U.S.… Read More

Comcast and Seattle reach revised franchise agreement after city complains that Philly got a sweeter deal

It didn’t take Comcast much time to revise its new 10-year franchise agreement with Seattle after city officials demanded more benefits… Read More

Seattle backs out of Comcast agreement after Philadelphia gets a sweeter deal from cable giant

The Seattle City Council was set to approve a new 10-year franchise agreement with Comcast on Wednesday, but now city officials are pressing… Read More

Comcast adds IFTTT integration to Xfinity X1, letting users get notifications on the TV

There’s a wealth of smart TV options, from built-in solutions running Android to little boxes like the Apple TV or Amazon’s… Read More

CenturyLink fiber Internet goes down in Seattle, unclear when service will be restored

Some CenturyLink fiber Internet customers in Seattle have been without a connection since Sunday afternoon. Several Seattle residents took to Twitter… Read More

Leaked Comcast scripts claim ‘fairness’ justifies new broadband data limits

While data caps are now common for mobile users, many home broadband internet connections have been seen as unlimited gateways to the… Read More

Comcast increases Internet speeds for customers in Washington, Oregon and other states

Did this page not load fast enough for you? Well, just wait until the end of this month. Comcast announced… Read More

Comcast expands ‘Xfinity on Campus’ streaming service, courting cord-cutters at 27 colleges

Comcast is starting the school year with an expansion of its “Xfinity on Campus” streaming service for college and university… Read More

Comcast experiments with cell-phone-like data charges, and overage fees, for home Internet users

Get ready for your home Internet to feel like your smartphone — bound by data caps, a large overage fee waiting… Read More

Comcast beefs up X1 Sports app with Xbox One-like fantasy football sidebar

Comcast customers with the X1 platform have access to a new “football companion.” Comcast announced today a new feature for the… Read More

CenturyLink launches Prism TV service in Seattle, brings competition for Comcast

CenturyLink is launching a new TV service in Seattle today, bringing about competition for existing providers like Comcast and Wave Broadband. The… Read More

Meet the new Comcast: Next-gen Xfinity Store set to open in Seattle

This isn’t your normal Comcast service center. Positioned right on the border of downtown Seattle and the South Lake Union neighborhood that Amazon… Read More

Comcast offers $15 a month streaming service to Internet subscribers, live TV limited to at-home viewing

Comcast announced today that it’s launching a streaming service for its Internet subscribers. The $15 per month service, called Stream, allows… Read More

Q&A: Former Seattle CTO Bill Schrier on the outlook for municipal broadband

Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show was Bill Schrier, the former CTO for the City of Seattle and… Read More

Another day, another company reportedly in talks to buy T-Mobile

T-Mobile has no lack of suitors, it’s just a matter of getting one to stick. Today, rumors surfaced that it… Read More

Seattle councilmember calls for ‘mass citywide movement’ against Comcast and CenturyLink in support of municipal broadband

Seattle councilmember Kshama Sawant wants a municipal broadband network in the Emerald City, and she’s calling on the city’s residents… Read More

Seattle officials: Municipal broadband too risky and expensive for city to build alone

A long-awaited study says building a municipal gigabit fiber network in Seattle would cost $480 million to $665 million — less… Read More

Comcast says outage resulted from overloaded DNS servers, offers credit to those affected

Comcast slowed to a crawl Monday night across parts of the West Coast due to unexpected rerouting of DNS traffic after… Read More