Comcast
Should you block P2P traffic?
Aug. 19, 2008
In the past two newsletters we've been discussing the FCC's ruling on Comcast selectively blocking certain applications - especially peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic - in its Internet service. This raises once again the ...
How the FCC's ruling against Comcast could affect corporate networks
Aug. 14, 2008
Last time, we discusssed the FFC's Aug. 1 ruling that Comcast was acting improperly in using deep packet inspection (DPI) technology to selectively block certain types of traffic, especially concentrating on peer-to- ...
The fallout from the FCC's order against Comcast
Aug. 12, 2008
On Aug. 1, the FCC released an order with a press release titled "Commission Orders Comcast to End Discriminatory Network Management Practices." The title of the release, which was picked up by some national media, left ...
FCC right to tell Comcast: Hands off
Aug. 06, 2008
Regular readers of this column know I take a nuanced view when it comes to net neutrality: On one hand, carriers shouldn't be limiting or blocking traffic based on source, destination or traffic type, with the exception ...
Unhappy the FCC supported net neutrality
Aug. 05, 2008
A split FCC decided that Comcast had been a bad company when it interfered with specific customer traffic and told it to clean up its act in the future. As a proponent of network neutrality this should make me happy but ...
FCC throttles Comcast; IBM hits back at Microsoft
Aug. 04, 2008
The FCC has ordered Comcast to stop interfering with peer-to-peer traffic on its broadband network; and IBM/Lotus is striking back at Microsoft's boast that it plans to steal 5 million Notes customers this year by ...
Groups urge FCC to keep the Internet open
Jul. 22, 2008
The FCC needs to take steps to keep the Internet free of interference from broadband providers, such as the slowing of peer-to-peer traffic and the tracking of subscribers' Web habits, several witnesses told the FCC at ...
Much-maligned feature being added to IPv6
Jul. 21, 2008
In a high-tech twist of irony, the Internet engineering community is adding a feature to IPv6 that the upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol was supposed to eliminate.
Comcast pitches IPv6 strategy to standards body
Jul. 21, 2008
Comcast has developed an innovative approach for gradually migrating its customers to the next-generation Internet, and the ISP is promoting this approach to the Internet's leading standards body.
How the FCC's Comcast ruling could affect traffic management
Jul. 17, 2008
A look at what adopting open Internet principles will mean for Comcast and other ISPs
FCC moves toward prohibiting Comcast traffic management
Jul. 11, 2008
Amid news reports that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is moving to prohibit Comcast from throttling BitTorrent traffic on its broadband network, a Comcast official said the agency has provided no guidance on ...
ISPs experimenting with new P2P controls
Jun. 19, 2008
Peer-to-peer traffic management was a hot topic at this year's NXTComm convention in Las Vegas, as several telecom panelists and keynote speakers highlighted new methods for handling P2P traffic crunches.
Comcast paid people to stand in line at FCC hearing
Feb. 26, 2008
Comcast spokesperson Jennifer Khoury Wednesday told Portfolio.com that the company had paid some people to stand in line and act as placeholders for Comcast employees who wanted to attend yesterday's FCC hearing on its ...
Carriers look to next US administration
Jun. 18, 2008
The major U.S. telecommunications carriers aren't sure what to expect from the next presidential administration, but at least one is hoping for a resolution of the Comcast net neutrality issue before President George ...
Broadband pricing: solutions that are orthogonal to any real problem
Jun. 17, 2008
Broadband pricing proposals by AT&T, Time Warner and Comcast to deal with Internet congestion fall short.
Lots of data, mostly useless
Jun. 06, 2008
Jason and Keith talk aobut ISP bandwidth shaping plans, the most dangerous Web domains and the importance of a study trying to find out how much information is in the world. Plus: Keith loses more weight and we get our ...
New Comcast traffic management targets users, not protocols
Jun. 04, 2008
Comcast announced this week that it will no longer target individual protocols for traffic shaping, and will instead slow Web traffic for individual users who consume a "disproportionate" amount of bandwidth.
Cable karma and Comcast
Jun. 03, 2008
Twenty five years ago, when I was running The Yankee Group and had just co-founded Battery Ventures, I would take perverse joy in getting one industry into the pants of another. Mischief City!
Sprint customer satisfaction keeps dropping
May. 20, 2008
Sprint's customer satisfaction rating plummeted by more than 8% in the first quarter of 2008, according to the latest American Customer Satisfaction Index, published today.
BitTorrent blocking; SQL injection attack
May. 16, 2008
Max Planck Institute reports high percentages of hosts blocked even during non-peak hours; Hackers change SQL commands to evade security.
The IT Curmudgeon cuts loose
May. 15, 2008
The IT Curmudgeon has been quiet for too long. He's been biding his time, waiting for the right moment to cut loose, but then he realized that in the world of enterprise IT there never will be a right time to vent his ...
Comcast to buy Plaxo for social networking
May. 15, 2008
Comcast will acquire social-networking company Plaxo to power upcoming community features on its TV, broadband data and phone services.
Study: Comcast, Cox blocking BitTorrent throughout United States
May. 15, 2008
The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems released a study today showing that Cox and Comcast have both been blocking BitTorrent transfers within the United States at both peak and non-peak hours.
Can the Clearwire coalition save WiMAX?
May. 08, 2008
WiMAX received a big boost this week when Sprint and Clearwire announced that they will be combining their WiMAX businesses to create a new $14.5 billion mobile broadband company. But is it too little, too late?
Comcast, Pando call for pact on P2P rights
Apr. 16, 2008
Comcast and Pando Networks, a maker of peer-to-peer software, have kicked off a drive to create a "P2P Bill of Rights and Responsibilities" to help settle the conflicts between broadband providers and some P2P users.
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Comcast profile
Overview
2005 NW200 rank: 12
2004 NW200 rank: 15
Revenue
| Total '05 revenue (in $M) |
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22255 |
| '04-'05 revenue change |
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10% |
| '01-'05 CAGR revenue |
|
23% |
Profit
| Profit or loss (in $M) |
|
928 |
| Change from '04 |
|
-4 |
| As percentage of revenue 4 |
|
4 |
| CAGR, '01-'05 |
|
11 |
Employees
| Number of employees |
|
80000 |
| '04 - '05 change |
|
8
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| Revenue per employee |
|
278188 |
Misc.
| Mkt Cap as of 3/19/05 ($M) |
|
36210 |
| Cash/investments ($M) |
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| Year inc. |
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2001 |
| Fiscal year ends |
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Dec |
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