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Second Night of Outages Hit Comcast

Second Night of Outages Hit Comcast 04/14/2005 09:22 AM
Comcast High Speed Internet subscribers again found themselves without Internet service for the second night in a row and the third time in two weeks as "server problems" plagued the cable provider once again. The latest round of troubles is causing several subscribers to begin to look elsewhere for broadband Internet service.

Comcast Reports Three Outages In A Week

Comcast Reports Three Outages In A Week 04/14/2005 09:48 PM
Speaking for myself and the amazing amount of wasted time Comcast has caused me, I have no interest in giving them a single ounce of sympathy or understanding. They just need to get it together….

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Comcast Internet outages rile users

Comcast Internet outages rile users 04/15/2005 12:18 PM
Philly.com - Fri Apr 15, 09:54 am GMT

Internet outages annoy Comcast customers

Internet outages annoy Comcast customers 04/15/2005 03:15 PM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 15 2005 6:22PM GMT

New round of outages peeves some Comcast
users

New round of outages peeves some Comcast
users 04/14/2005 07:32 PM
Subscribers report slowdowns, problems viewing pages in third system breakdown in a week.

Outages in Internet service annoy
Comcast customers

Outages in Internet service annoy
Comcast customers 04/15/2005 12:18 PM
Siliconvalley.com - Fri Apr 15, 10:37 am GMT

Internet outages annoy Comcast customers
(SiliconValley.com)

Internet outages annoy Comcast customers
(SiliconValley.com) 04/16/2005 12:49 PM
SiliconValley.com - Cable provider Comcast said Thursday that it was working on technical problems that caused a series of outages in recent days for many of the 7 million people who subscribe to its high-speed Internet service.

Time Warner, Comcast Get Adelphia,
Comcast Celebrates By Turning Off DNS

Time Warner, Comcast Get Adelphia,
Comcast Celebrates By Turning Off DNS 04/08/2005 12:13 PM
It looks like Adelphia cable broadband customers who are about to get shifted over to Comcast have plenty of outages to look forward to. The same evening that it's announced that Time Warner and Comcast will jointly devour what's left of Adelphia for about $18 billion, Comcast had major DNS issues leaving many of their users offline. Of course, in explaining the widespread outage, Comcast is using their favorite phrase: "scheduled maintenance." That's the same thing they told me when Comcast turned off my service nearly every weekday last October. I would call every morning and be told that it was "scheduled maintenance." However, when I asked what the schedule was and if I'd have service the next day, I was told they had no idea. Apparently, it doesn't become scheduled until it actually cut you off.

How Comcast Let the Mouse Get Away

How Comcast Let the Mouse Get Away 04/29/2004 09:02 AM
Business Week Apr 29 2004 1:18PM GMT

Comcast Still Thinking Big

Comcast Still Thinking Big 04/28/2004 04:10 PM
TheStreet.com Apr 28 2004 8:04PM GMT

AT&T Broadband / Comcast or

AT&T Broadband / Comcast or 03/20/2003 05:32 PM

AT&T Broadband / Comcast or "I'd Rather Eat Glass"

Damn.  Last week Kasia got screwed by AT&T / Comcast.  Now its me.  Here's what happened:

1. Come back from meeting with a client about a bunch of rather interesting stuff.  Some Inbox Buddy, some Feedster for internal use, some Frontier consulting and some miscellaneous other open source issues. 
   
2. Virtually no network performance at all.> 200 ms ping times, hosts not resolving, etc.  Call AT&T. 
   
3. Suffer thru one of the worst voice response systems I've seen in a long time.  Horrid.
   
4. Reach a technician.  He makes me remove my PC from the Linksys broadband router that shields my PC from the outside world.  I'm not happy about this but a 10 Base T coupler makes it a lot easier.
   
5. He tells me to restart.  I counter with "ipconfig /renew".  He shuts up.
   
6. I start doing some ping tests and he's telling me that all is well and happy, frothy goodness since he can ping me fine. 
   
7. I start to traceroute and give him feedback about the broken routes.  I ask him:  What's an email address so I can mail it to you?  "I don't have one".  What's a hot mail account I can send it to?  "I can't give that to you either."  So I ended up reading him the bad routes.  Pathetic.  And this from a company that sucks $50 from me monthly for broadband?
   
8. I finally give him the info, he checks it from there after a 5 minute hold session and B I N G O !  I was *right*.  They have a problem on their internal network and then I had to wait on hold for another 5 minutes while he filled out a trouble ticket.  Then I got the really bad news.
   
9. "It'll be resolved within 72 hours.  Not necessarily fixed but hopefully a solution decided upon."  What the fsck does that mean ?  That within 3 days from now, you'll decide how to fix it and then take as long as you like?  Utterly, totally pathetic. 

End result?  Over an hour of my time shot to hell simply because AT&T can't proactively monitor its own damn network.  I tell you, times like this?  I'd rather eat glass than be an AT&T customer.

Bray on Comcast

Bray on Comcast 03/19/2003 10:24 PM
Tim Bray, one of the fathers of XML, blogs about the NY Times reporting that Comcast is going to add services to its delivery of broadband. Tim knocks 'em upside the head: Let's lay it out in maximally-simple bullet-point form so anyone can understand it: Fast pipe. Always on. Get out of the way. You can't get much clearer than that....

Not So Fast, Comcast

Not So Fast, Comcast 02/17/2004 06:03 AM
Business Week Feb 17 2004 10:18AM GMT

Comcast plans Web phone

Comcast plans Web phone 05/26/2004 09:03 PM
CNN May 27 2004 0:34AM GMT

Comcast Casts Wider Net

Comcast Casts Wider Net 05/27/2004 01:55 PM
The No. 1 cable operator set to expand VoIP and DVR.

Comcast to use Microsoft for digital TV

Comcast to use Microsoft for digital TV 05/21/2004 03:46 PM
Big News Network May 21 2004 8:02PM GMT

DNS issue hobbles Comcast

DNS issue hobbles Comcast 04/08/2005 03:04 PM
A domain name system problem causes headaches for Comcast's broadband subscribers nationwide.

The biggest spammer on the Net? Comcast?

The biggest spammer on the Net? Comcast? 05/24/2004 09:15 AM
ZDNet May 24 2004 1:30PM GMT

Disney spurns Comcast bid

Disney spurns Comcast bid 02/17/2004 04:11 AM
ZDNet UK Feb 17 2004 8:38AM GMT

Comcast Wants To Buy Disney For $66
Billion

Comcast Wants To Buy Disney For $66
Billion 02/11/2004 09:27 AM

Comcast offers to buy Disney for $66B

Comcast offers to buy Disney for $66B 02/11/2004 05:53 PM
Comcast approached Disney earlier this week with an offer to buy the company but was rebuffed. It made the offer public today.

Comcast Gets Tough on Spam

Comcast Gets Tough on Spam 06/12/2004 06:45 PM

TiVo signs on with Comcast

TiVo signs on with Comcast 03/17/2005 02:53 AM
In good news for fans of TiVo, the company has signed a deal under which Comcast will offer TiVo-branded DVRs to its subscribers. Will the deal cause DirecTV to rethink its relationship with TiVo?

Comcast offers to buy Disney

Comcast offers to buy Disney 02/11/2004 12:12 PM
Comcast has made a US$66 billion stock-swap offer for Disney. The DRM implications for such a transaction are staggering.

Comcast Wants To Buy Mickey Mouse

Comcast Wants To Buy Mickey Mouse 02/11/2004 12:27 PM
The big surprise story of the morning is that cable giant Comcast has decided to make an unsolicited bid for Disney. Expect the AOL-Time Warner comparisons to come fast and furious, though that's a bad comparison as these are very different companies. Still, it's difficult to see this deal making too much sense for Comcast. Disney is clearly on the downswing right now, and while it can do things to save itself, tying up with Comcast probably hinders them more than helps. Still, should be an interesting battle to watch. Michael Eisner clearly doesn't want the deal (he refused to negotiate, which is why this is a hostile bid), but Eisner doesn't have the full support of his board. Also should be interesting to see if anyone else steps in with an offer as well. Should be plenty of fireworks as the struggle for Mickey begins. Update: Some are already protesting< /a> the proposed deal, saying that such media consolidation is a "threat to American democracy." I'm not quite sure how that works out, as part of the reason Disney is in trouble is that people are paying much less attention to them these days. Either way, the FCC is promising to investigate the matter - which is barely worth stating, since that's part of their job. I'd just like to say that it's not as exciting to tell people "I'm going to Comcast World!"

Comcast loves Tivo

Comcast loves Tivo 03/17/2005 03:48 AM
From the Tivo / Comcast Press release: Under the terms of the agreement, Comcast and TiVo will work together to...

Other News: Comcast Wants Disney

Other News: Comcast Wants Disney 02/11/2004 05:53 PM
Comcast wants to take over Disney, offering $54 billion to do it.

Comcast bids for Disney

Comcast bids for Disney 02/12/2004 02:43 AM
Boston Globe Feb 12 2004 6:04AM GMT

Comcast suffers DNS outage

Comcast suffers DNS outage 04/08/2005 05:45 PM
Comcast said its DNS troubles yesterday were unrelated to recent "cache poisoning" attacks on DNS servers. Service was restored around midnight last night.

Net outage strikes Comcast

Net outage strikes Comcast 04/08/2005 12:57 AM
Blog: Comcast, the largest provider of broadband Internet access with 6.5 million customers, suffered a general outage Thursday evening. ...

Comcast drops Disney bid

Comcast drops Disney bid 04/28/2004 07:34 AM
The cable giant withdraws its multibillion-dollar offer to acquire Disney, citing opposition from the entertainment company.

Comcast pulls out of Disney bid

Comcast pulls out of Disney bid 04/28/2004 07:29 AM
The US cable TV firm scraps plans to buy Walt Disney after the entertainment giant shows "no interest" in its bid approach.

Comcast takes on TiVo

Comcast takes on TiVo 12/03/2003 06:04 PM
The cable giant is developing a digital video recording service in partnership with TV Guide that will be available by year's end.

Net subscriptions bolster Comcast

Net subscriptions bolster Comcast 07/28/2004 01:25 PM
CNET News.com Jul 28 2004 5:04PM GMT

Comcast walks away from Disney bid

Comcast walks away from Disney bid 04/28/2004 01:17 PM

Comcast Is Wired for Success

Comcast Is Wired for Success 07/29/2004 04:49 PM
The cable television provider is positioned to profit from investments.

Comcast Is a Cash Machine

Comcast Is a Cash Machine 04/28/2004 01:10 PM
After dropping out of the Disney race, what will Comcast do with all that green?

Comcast ponders ads for DVRs

Comcast ponders ads for DVRs 04/06/2005 01:50 PM
globetechnology.com Apr 6 2005 5:00PM GMT

Comcast speeds things up a bit

Comcast speeds things up a bit 07/28/2004 08:22 PM

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Comcast taken a page for the DSL play book recently. DSL has long been known to “tier” services for their customers, thus providing them with more choices. Well it looks like Comcast will be doing the same by offering customers a choice between 3Mbps down/256kbps up or 4Mbps down/384kbps up instead. The 4Mbps option will cost a little more, but you can bet that I will be signing up for the increase being I am…
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