Activists are planning a “renaming ceremony” Thursday to dub Seattle’s center of municipal government “Comcast City Hall.” The event, organized by left-leaning Seattle advocates, is an effort to call attention to… Read More
Wicket Labs, a Seattle startup founded by former executives of Comcast-owned thePlatform, has raised $2 million to arm media companies with the data they need to succeed in this era of… Read More
Another high-speed internet provider is coming to town. Webpass, a San Francisco provider owned by Google Fiber, plans to install high-speed internet in a downtown Seattle condo complex, Fifteen Twenty-One… Read More
What happens when your phone number becomes a portable feature? That’s one of the benefits of T-Mobile’s new DIGITS service. But does it really work? We try it out live… Read More
Comcast customers in Seattle, as well as other parts of Washington now have access to gigabit internet service. The company on Wednesday announced the extension of the high-speed service to… Read More
Planetary Resources, the asteroid-mining company headquartered in Redmond, Wash., is getting a little extra help as it ventures toward the stars. The company announced the appointment of space law expert Brian Israel… Read More
Comcast today rolled out a new feature that lets customers monitor and control the WiFi usage of individual broadband users or devices in a household. Called Xfinity xFi, the new… Read More
Verizon Communications’ quarterly profits fell by nearly 20 percent in the first quarter, to $3.5 billion, as the company’s wireless business reported a decline of more than 300,000 postpaid phone subscribers,… Read More
Comcast is planning to take on the likes of Netflix and Amazon with its own standalone video streaming service. Bloomberg reported Monday that the new service would focus on Comcast’s NBCUniversal… Read More
Comcast this morning unveiled its new Xfinity Mobile wireless service for smartphones — making a pitch to its customers to ditch their existing carriers and double-down with the cable giant, saving… Read More
Amazon has shuttered its “cable store,” where it resold bundles of cable, internet and telephone services. The store launched last March under a partnership with Comcast and expanded to include… Read More
YouTube unveiled a new live TV service on Tuesday, setting up another major threat to cable and satellite companies. This service, launching this spring, will offer a bundle of more than… Read More
Comcast says it will bring YouTube to its Xfinity X1 platform, continuing to embrace streaming options that otherwise compete with its core cable service. The cable giant and YouTube parent Google announced plans on Monday to integrate… Read More
Verizon will be the latest wireless provider to pilot 5G this year. The company announced Wednesday a plan to rollout the next-generation network to select customers in 11 cities across the U.S.… Read More
“Free data” programs from T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon and Comcast are getting a reprieve from the Federal Communications Commission under Ajit Pai, the new FCC chairman, in the latest indication of… Read More
More than a thousand Comcast employees have walked off their job in several major U.S. cities to protest Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Outside… Read More
As both AT&T and Verizon shift their focus to cable, Comcast will launch its wireless phone service in the coming months, the company announced during its Thursday earnings call. The aim… Read More
Updated at 4 p.m. with Comcast comment. Comcast on Friday lost an initial attempt to dismiss a $100 million lawsuit filed by Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, accusing the company… Read More
A judge will likely decide next week whether to throw out Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s $100 million lawsuit accusing Comcast of 1.8 million violations of the Washington Consumer Protection… Read More
AT&T and DirecTV pulled the lid off their new streaming service Monday: DirecTV Now. The service is aimed at cord cutters and people who either can’t afford cable television or… Read More
Sling TV and Comcast are joining forces. The on-demand and live TV service, which has helped many people ditch Comcast, will soon be integrated into the telecom giant’s Xfinity cable platform.… Read More
Comcast is increasing speeds for customers in Washington and eight other U.S. states who subscribe to its most popular Xfinity internet services. The company announced Monday that Performance Pro customers will see download speeds increase… Read More
“Netflix, play House of Cards.” Starting next week, that voice command will allow Comcast customers to stream Netflix content on their X1 set-top boxes. Netflix will be integrated into the… Read More
Most residential Comcast Xfinity customers will soon have the ability to purchase gigabit Internet service through the cable provider in Seattle, Portland, and a handful of other cities. The company today announced that… Read More
Activists frustrated with their Internet service in Seattle hope that slowing down can speed up change. They’re planning a Slow Internet Walk Wednesday, from Comcast’s downtown office to City Hall to… Read More
Comcast has agreed to pay the largest civil penalty the FCC has ever assessed a cable operator to settle charges that say the company billed customers for equipment and services… Read More
Comcast will roll out its 1TB internet data usage limits to a large part of the U.S., including Washington, Oregon and California Nov. 1. Comcast said the 1TB cap means… Read More
Two months after Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a $100 million lawsuit accusing Comcast of 1.8 million violations of the Washington Consumer Protection Act, the company has fired… Read More
Advocates of a municipal broadband network in Seattle say the new $100 million consumer protection lawsuit against Comcast further proves that Internet should be treated like a public utility akin… Read More
Post updated below with news conference video and copy of complaint. Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson this morning announced a $100 million consumer protection lawsuit against Comcast. “The lawsuit accuses… Read More