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Philadelphia Fighting Satellite Providers Over Ugly Dishes
By Chris Morran on February 2, 2012 1:16 PM
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Last fall, the Philadelphia City Council passed a bill that would remove unused satellite dishes and pretty up any new ones that were bolted to the sides and roofs of city buildings. But that law is having some trouble becoming a reality after a group representing satellite TV providers filed a petition with the FCC. More »
Thousands Of Floridians Line Up To Remind Us That Not Everyone Has A 52" 3D TV
By Chris Morran on January 26, 2012 11:15 AM
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It's been years since over-the-air broadcasts switched to a digital signal, requiring everyone with an old school TV and an antenna to go out and get a set-top converter box so they can drool over Mark Harmon on NCIS. But lest you think that means everyone has jumped on the digital bandwagon, there are still pockets of TV viewers living in an analog world. More »
Comcast Might Get Your Last $70 Back To You In 4 To 8 Weeks
By Laura Northrup on January 26, 2012 10:31 AM
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Reader D. is having a rough time financially right now. Technically, he's homeless, but he's staying with a friend while he gets his life back together. As you can imagine, he doesn't have a lot of money to spare. Which is why he now is without grocery money after Comcast kept on auto-debiting his account even after he left his apartment and turned off his service. More »
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Cox Now Offering Bargain Cable Service For $35
By Chris Morran on January 25, 2012 10:15 AM
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In an apparent effort to woo new customers who only want the most basic of cable service and retain some current subscribers who are thinking of cutting the cable cord, Cox Communications has become the latest cable provider to jump on the low-price bandwagon, rolling out its $35/month TV Economy offering. More »
Verizon Deal To Buy Spectrum From Comcast & Time Warner Cable May Not Be A Cakewalk
By Chris Morran on January 23, 2012 2:33 PM
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While AT&T was failing horribly at attempting to amp up its 4G network by buying T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless was busy making deals with cable companies to snap up unused and underused spectrum. And though insiders initially believed VZW's purchases would glide across regulators' desks since cable companies are not competitors in the wireless world, a new report claims the spectrum sale may get a more thorough looking-into than had been expected. More »
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Disgruntled Comcast Customers Not Happy To Have Cable Commercials Cutting In At Critical Moments During NFL Playoffs
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 23, 2012 12:36 PM
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The score — close. The tension — high. It's a do or die moment in the NFC Championship game, with a trip to the Superbowl hanging in the balance. The fate of the season could be decided by this one play and BAM! Time for a Comcast commercial. Sorry if you wanted to see that field goal attempt. More »
Craig Newmark Talks To Us About SOPA: "Things Can Go Bad Real Fast"
By Marc Perton on January 18, 2012 2:30 AM
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Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has been a vocal opponent of SOPA and PIPA with good reason: According to Newmark, if the bills as currently written were passed into law, "any site with any kind of user provided content could be shut down easily. For example, Wikipedia, Amazon, craigslist. Any media site with commenting." In an email interview with Consumerist, Newmark (who is also a member of the Board of Directors of our parent company) warned that, despite White House opposition, and recent changes to the bills to limit DNS filtering, consumers should still be concerned. More »
SOPA/PIPA And What It Means To You: Ben Parr Explains It All
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 18, 2012 1:30 AM
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Sorting through all the SOPA/PIPA related news today is bound to get overwhelming. Sites like Wikipedia, Reddit, those in the Cheezburger network, Boing Boing, Mozilla and more are dark to protest the proposed anti-piracy laws. We've roped in a few industry experts and veterans to help sort out what exactly is going on here, and were lucky enough to get Mashable's former and formidable editor-at-large Ben Parr to weigh in. More »
DirecTV Dispute Keeps Viewers From Watching NFL Playoffs
By Phil Villarreal on January 16, 2012 8:30 AM
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Miami Dolphins fans are used to their team missing the playoffs, but they're usually still allowed to watch other teams play out the postseason on DirecTV. That wasn't the case this weekend, though, because a carriage dispute between the satellite provider and the owner of Miami's Fox affiliate caused the channel to black out throughout the weekend. Two NFL playoff games were the highest-profile casualties of the tiff. More »
Comcast Isn't Sure How Much It Wants To Charge For Xfinity Triple Play
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 12, 2012 1:00 PM
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Hey there, new Comcast customers! They've got a special deal for you — you can pay $89.99 for your first year of Xfinity Triple Play. Or, wait... you can pay $99.99 for the same thing. Which one would you choose? More »
Comcast AnyPlay: For When You Must Watch TV In The Bathroom
By Marc Perton on January 11, 2012 3:30 PM
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At last we know what that guy is doing with his tablet computer in the bathroom in that razor commercial: He's watching cable streamed from his Comcast account via the company's AnyPlay iPad app. More »
Residents Of NJ Neighborhood Say Comcast Can't Fix Oft-Interrupted Service
By Phil Villarreal on January 10, 2012 8:30 AM
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Comcast may care, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's competent. A chronic, unidentified problem is reportedly wrecking customers' phone, cable and internet service in a Holiday City, New Jersey neighborhood, and the problems continue despite countless service calls. More »
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DirecTV Says My Being Out Of Town Is An Explanation For Mystery Porn Charges
By Chris Morran on January 5, 2012 3:15 PM
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We're sure cable companies constantly get calls from parents complaining about pay-per-view porn charges that no one in their house will own up to. But apparently folks at the satellite provider also thinks people are breaking into empty houses just to watch overpriced T&A. More »
Comcast Balks On Replacing Cockroach-Infested Cable Box
By Chris Morran on January 3, 2012 3:15 PM
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We've certainly gotten a number of complaints about Comcast cable boxes containing bugs of the electronic glitch variety, but an Illinois man received a box from Kabletown that he says was full of actual cockroaches. More »
Verizon Caves, Pulls Plug On $2 Convenience Fee
By Chris Morran on December 30, 2011 3:35 PM
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Well that was fast. Only hours after publicly stating it wouldn't back off from charging a $2/month fee to customers who paid online or by phone with a debit/credit card, Verizon Wireless has pulled a complete 180 and decided to nix the fee completely. More »
New Bill Would Prevent FCC Commissioners From Jumping Ship To Companies Whose Mergers They Just Approved
By Chris Morran on December 21, 2011 4:02 PM
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Remember last May when then-FCC commissioner Meredith Atwell Baker (pictured at left) ruffled a lot of feathers by taking a job at Comcast, only a few months after approving the cable company's controversial merger with NBC? Well, Congresswoman Maxine Waters hasn't forgotten, and she's introduced legislation aimed at preventing these kinds of obvious shenanigans. More »
Comcast Lures Me Back With Promotion Only To Later Deny It Ever Existed
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 19, 2011 3:00 PM
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Feeling like you're forced to do business with Comcast because of a dearth of other options is a bad way to start things off, as Consumerist reader M.K., says, "I would never deal with Comcast if I felt that I had the choice not to." But after checking out a Comcast offer that was priced right, M.K. decided to take the leap. More »
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Verizon Gobbles Up More Wireless Spectrum From Cable Companies
By Chris Morran on December 16, 2011 2:15 PM
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Earlier this month, Verizon Wireless made a deal with Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks to buy billions of dollars of those companies' collectively held wireless spectrum. Now it looks like yet another cable provider is looking to get out of the wireless business, as Cox has agreed to sell off its advanced wireless spectrum to VZW for $315 million. More »
Comcast Says It Won't Implement Tiered Broadband Data Plans
By Phil Villarreal on December 8, 2011 9:15 AM
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Pessimists see broadband internet subscriptions eventually shifting to a pay-per-gigabyte-usage model, much like what we're seeing in the wireless realm. That may turn out to be accurate, but at least industry heavyweight Comcast isn't yet shoving things in that direction. The company says it currently has no plans to move to a tiered billing system. More »
Comcast, Time Warner Cable Give Up Dreams Of Becoming Wireless Powerhouses, Sell Spectrum To Verizon
By Chris Morran on December 2, 2011 11:30 AM
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Over the last decade, cable companies have done a decent job of picking up ground in the home phone market, and many have attempted to make inroads into selling wireless data services. But it looks like two cable titans have given up their dreams of becoming wireless wonders, as Comcast and Time Warner Cable have sold billions of dollars of spectrum to Verizon Wireless. More »
