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• Some perspective for the numbers tomorrow:

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  Even as CNBC, which seems to be unaware it is now under new ownership and can stop selling GE stock all day, every day (will Cramer be allowed to pump the worthless equities of competitor cable and satellite companies going forward? Inquiring minds want to know), could not stop praising the fabulous improvement in ...
  1 week ago

• Comcast-NBC: The End of Everything We Knew ...

  
  The Big Money — Authority: 708
  Just when you thought things could never go back to where they were, they do—and actually, its pretty nice. Comcast (CMCSA), the countrys biggest cable carrier, today announced its mega-deal to buy NBC Universal, and we in the media get to take a break from our regularly scheduled discussion of unemployment, bank ...
  1 week ago

• Time Warner Hijacked My Browser To Politely Ask Me To Stop File Sharing [Piracy]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 468
      Time Warner , perhaps hip to the fact that I haven’t bothered to check my meat space snail mail mailbox in the last three weeks, took matters into their own hands and inserted this warning directly into my browser. At this point, file sharing warnings via snail mail and e-mail are pretty commonplace. Read ...
  1 week ago

• Time Warner Hijacked My Browser For Piracy [Piracy]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 887
  Time Warner , perhaps hip to the fact that I havent bothered to check my meat space snail mail mailbox in the last three weeks, took matters into their own hands and inserted this warning directly into my browser. At this point, file sharing warnings via snail mail and e-mail are pretty commonplace. But this is the ...
  1 week ago

• Time Warner Hijacked My Browser Because of Piracy [Piracy]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 887
  Time Warner , perhaps hip to the fact that I havent bothered to check my meat space snail mail mailbox in the last three weeks, took matters into their own hands and inserted this warning directly into my browser. At this point, file sharing warnings via snail mail and e-mail are pretty commonplace. But this is the ...
  1 week ago

• Comcast Delivering Two More Apps For The Holidays [Comcast]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 887
  Continuing Comcasts big day, Zats has learned that the cable provider will be rolling out two more customer apps (in addition to their data usage meter) in the near future: Xfinity and remote DVR...
  1 week ago

• Neat Trick: Rogers Offers Online Video And Broadband Cap To Puni...

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 169
  Two separate initiatives by cable companies are coming together in conflict. Weve seen how many cable companies are trying to set up video portals that will let subscribers to cable TV get access to the same content online, as a weak attempt to reduce churn of consumers dumping cable altogether and concentrating on ...
  1 week ago

• GE-Comcast Terms Done on NBC Universal (GE, CMCSA)

  
  24/7 Wall St. — Authority: 712
  CNBC’s David Faber just broke the confirmation of what has been almost an inevitable conclusion for weeks.  Faber reported that the NBC Universal deal terms between General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has all but been signed and the paperwork is all that is left.Faber noted that ...
  1 week ago

• Verizon enhances its Massachusetts DSL footprint

  
  Telecom Industry News — Authority: 144
  Verizon may be the loudest proponent of Fiber to the Premises (FTTP), but its recent drive to expand DSL service throughout Western and Southern Massachusetts proves that the company is not completely turning its back on copper-based DSL service. To expand DSL availability into 16 new communities, the ILEC has ...
  1 week ago

• Charter Exits Bankruptcy, Still Highly Leveraged (CHTRQ)

  
  24/7 Wall St. — Authority: 712
  Charter Communications Inc. (CHTRQ) has just announced that it has completed its financial restructuring and has emerged from Chapter 11 protection.  The problem here is that Charter’s life was a slash and burn for those old stock holders who were effectively wiped out and the new company is less-leveraged yet ...
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• YOUR NEW PHONE COMPANY- GOOGLE !

  
  WORDPRESS-TEMPLATES-PLUGINS-RSS — Authority: 152
  Google is set to become your new phone company, perhaps reducing your phone bill to zilch in the process.Seriously.Google has bought Gizmo5, an online phone company that is akin to Skype but based on open protocols and with a lot fewer users. TechCrunch, which broke the news on Monday, reported that Google spent $30 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cox Business checks into the hotel video market

  
  Telecom Industry News — Authority: 144
  While Cox Business has continued to climb up the business market ladder delivering a host of data and voice services over its existing HFC and fiber networks, the one service that continues to be its churn buster with business customers is video. Hoping to leverage the success it saw in its Las Vegas market where it ...
  2 weeks ago

• Liberty plunks down $5.2 billion for Germanys Unitymedia

  
  Telecom Industry News — Authority: 144
  Liberty Globals dream of gaining a bigger foothold in Germanys cable market is now coming true as the company reached a deal to purchase Unitymedia, the countrys second largest cable operator, for $3 billion. To fund the deal, Englewood, Colo.-based Liberty will acquire the shares from its parent Unity Media S.C.A., ...
  3 weeks ago

• An Insider Look At Comcasts Customer Service Boot Camp [Comcast]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 801
  Travel with Consumer Watch columnist Jon Yates of the Chicago Tribune to the training ground of our nations elite. The few, the powerless, and the often berated: Comcast customer service representatives . Yates sat in on a training class for new reps, sat in on many live calls, and shared the secrets of agents ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sprint, others give Clearwire $1.5B in financing (AP)

  
  PC Mike - Tech News and Reviews — Authority: 461
  AP – Investors in Clearwire Corp., including Sprint Nextel Corp. and major cable companies, Tuesday said they are pumping an additional $1.5 billion into the company so it can keep building out its nationwide wireless data network. Continue reading here: (AP)"> (AP)">Sprint, others give Clearwire ...
  4 weeks ago

• Clearwire to Get $1.5B More, Report Says

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 668
  deals , Mobile , wireless Gregory T. Huang wrote: Kirkland, WA-based Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR ) is about to receive an investment of at least $1.5 billion led by Sprint Nextel, according to the Wall Street Journal . Sprint will invest $1 billion, and its partners, including Comcast, Intel, Time Warner ...
  4 weeks ago

• Run Your Own ISP

  
  CableTechTalk — Authority: 111
  Have you ever had trouble with a company and said to yourself, “Even I could run it better!”  Well if that company was your cable or telephone company, now is your chance to prove it. The folks at Cisco (an NCTA member) have put together a fun little game that lets you build your own ISP .  Starting in 1990, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Verizon extends FiOS presence into five additional Mass. towns

  
  Telecom Industry News — Authority: 144
  Verizons FiOS growth may have slowed a bit during the third quarter, yet the service provider continues to expand the reach of the service in its Massachusetts market. Joining the list of communities in Verizons latest FiOS drive are Billerica, Fitchburg, Milford, North Attleborough and Westford. In addition, Verizon ...
  4 weeks ago

• Voice is Cable’s Secret Weapon for Growth

  
  IT Professionals Database (ITPD) - The European IT Professionals Database Networking Platform — Authority: 144
  Earlier this decade, when cable companies started their foray into the phone business, not many gave them much of a chance to succeed. Sure they could sell a lot of broadband connections but no one thought they would be players in telecom services such as voice. Fast forward to today and the situation is entirely [...]
  4 weeks ago

• My Enemies List: Addendum #4

  
  Culture kills... wait, I mean cutlery — Authority: 127
  It has been about two months since I last made additions to my enemies list , but I think I have found two more worthy entries for it. Andrew Schlafly : Whenever I do one of these lists, there is usually one wingnut. Some are easy to recognize, some are very difficult. This entry is almost wearing a t-shirt that ...
  5 weeks ago

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