Comcast
Legally arrived at principles for ISPs?
Sep. 28, 2009
About a year ago I lamented that the FCC supported neutrality on the Internet. Not that I thought carriers should be able to treat customers' traffic unfairly, but the FCC had acted without proper authority. The issue ...
LTE, WiMAX find common ground at 4G World
Sep. 22, 2009
At the 4G World show in Chicago, there was a pronounced acknowledgement that it will take consolidation of equipment, network interfaces and subscriber databases to deliver on the promise of the next generation of ...
Nation's largest IPv6 network welcomes rivals
Jul. 07, 2009
Little-known Hurricane Electric, the nation's leading provider of IPv6 services, is bracing for new and bigger competitors entering the fray.
Contractors see cash in cybersecurity; Comcast lengthens IPv6 lead
Jun. 22, 2009
Contractors see cash in cybersecurity; Comcast lengthens IPv6 lead
Comcast lengthens IPv6 lead
Jun. 22, 2009
Comcast continues to outpace rival U.S. cable companies in the development of next-generation Internet connectivity and content.
Comcast open for IPv6 business
Jun. 18, 2009
Comcast made big strides toward transitioning to IPv6 this week by announcing that it was making IPv6 transit available for wholesale customers that connect to the company's fiber network.
Five technology bidding wars preceding EMC vs. NetApp
Jun. 03, 2009
As EMC and NetApp try to one-up each other for Data Domain, we take a look back at five previous technology bidding wars.
Debugging the Interwebs
May. 07, 2009
Mark Gibbs opens with an interesting question from a friend about monitoring Internet network outage problems and then reviews an outstanding (and free) HTTP and HTTPS monitoring proxy.
FBI used spyware to catch cable-cutting extortionist
Apr. 20, 2009
The FBI used spyware to catch a Massachusetts man who tried to extort Verizon and Comcast by cutting 18 data- and voice-carrying cables in 2005, documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Wired.com ...
Time Warner backs off bandwidth caps; Guilty verdict in Pirate Bay trial
Apr. 17, 2009
Time Warner backs off bandwidth caps; Guilty verdict in Pirate Bay trial
Time Warner Cable nixes bandwidth caps
Apr. 16, 2009
In response to negative customer reaction, Time Warner Cable said today that it was shutting down bandwidth cap trials for its Internet services.
Comcast e-mail outage sparks Twitter updates galore
Apr. 05, 2009
Comcast.net e-mail went down for potentially millions of subscribers the better part of the day Saturday as users and observers got running commentary on the service provider's efforts to manage the situation via ...
Start-ups air cable industry innovations
Apr. 02, 2009
A panel of five start-ups at The Cable Show '09 pitched technologies designed to change the cable industry.
Leaked Comcast User Data Found Online
Mar. 17, 2009
Comcast has suffered a leak in its user data that went undetected for more than two months. And it was an alert PC World reader who helped uncover the leak, when a document containing 8,000 e-mail accounts and passwords ...
Comcast's VoIP makes it a Top 3 telco
Mar. 12, 2009
In just over three years, Comcast has grown to become the third-largest residential phone service provider in the U.S., it said on Wednesday.
How the Super Bowl Got an X Rating
Feb. 02, 2009
Comcast customers in Tucson got an eye-popping 30 seconds of pornographic material during the Super Bowl last night. Shortly after Arizona Cardinal Patrick Fitzgerald caught a toss from quarterback Kurt Warner to take ...
FCC questions Comcast's VoIP management protocols
Jan. 21, 2009
The Federal Communications Commission has issued a letter to Comcast questioning whether the ISP is degrading rival VoIP traffic in favor of its own service.
FCC questions Comcast's treatment of competing VoIP
Jan. 20, 2009
Officials at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission have questioned why Comcast, the largest provider of cable-modem broadband service in the U.S., exempts its own VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) from traffic ...
NTT details IPv6-powered TV service
Jan. 08, 2009
NTT America shares details of IPv6-powered TV service with Network World in advance of its upcoming Consumer Electronics Show presentation.
The 29th bug always gets you
Dec. 12, 2008
The 29th bug always gets you
About those 'Net capacity issues: There's more
Dec. 04, 2008
A little over a year ago, my colleagues and I modeled current and projected Internet capacity and anticipated demand to see if the curves ever crossed. The short answer: Yes, sometime before 2012, access (though not ...
Experts to Feds: Sign the DNS root ASAP
Nov. 25, 2008
Internet security gurus and leading vendors are urging the U.S. federal government to rapidly deploy security and authentication mechanisms at the top level of the DNS hierarchy, which is known as the root zone.
40G market gaining steam
Nov. 24, 2008
The 40Gbps market is moving into general deployment phase due to video-stressing network capacities, according to research firm Ovum.
Comcast cranks up bandwidth speed
Nov. 18, 2008
Comcast high-speed Internet customers in parts of Oregon and Southwest Washington will have a much-faster option starting in December. The cable provider is rolling out its Extreme 50 service, which has download speeds ...
AT&T trialing DSL bandwidth caps
Nov. 04, 2008
AT&T is capping the monthly bandwidth use of new DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) users in Reno, Nevada, to try out a system for easing the impact of heavy network users.
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Comcast profile
Overview
2005 NW200 rank: 12
2004 NW200 rank: 15
Revenue
| Total '05 revenue (in $M) |
|
22255 |
| '04-'05 revenue change |
|
10% |
| '01-'05 CAGR revenue |
|
23% |
Profit
| Profit or loss (in $M) |
|
928 |
| Change from '04 |
|
-4 |
| As percentage of revenue 4 |
|
4 |
| CAGR, '01-'05 |
|
11 |
Employees
| Number of employees |
|
80000 |
| '04 - '05 change |
|
8
|
| Revenue per employee |
|
278188 |
Misc.
| Mkt Cap as of 3/19/05 ($M) |
|
36210 |
| Cash/investments ($M) |
|
|
| Year inc. |
|
2001 |
| Fiscal year ends |
|
Dec |
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