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City rejects Comcast, but resistance is futile

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Comcast is undergoing a nationwide exchange of customers as part of its massive merger with rival service provider Time Warner Cable, bringing many new cities and towns into its control in the process. Worcester, Massachusetts, wants everyone to know that it doesn’t want to be one of those cities.

Worcester’s City Council voted 8-3 this week to reject an upcoming transfer of its cable television license to Comcast, making it the first of the 53 other Central Massachusetts towns affected by the plan to reject it publicly, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported.

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Comcast-commissioned study says Comcast data meters are accurate

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Alyson Hurt

With Comcast charging penalties to some of its customers when they exceed monthly data limits, the cable company is trying to assure the public that it won’t make mistakes when counting data. Comcast thus commissioned network performance consultancy firm NetForecast to test the accuracy of the meters.

Unsurprisingly, the tests came out in Comcast’s favor. Since Comcast is paying for the study, it wouldn’t have to authorize its release if the results were negative.

In any case, NetForecast’s report (PDF) “details the cumulative accuracy results from 569,376 measurements at 55 Comcast service locations for the 3-month period of January through March 2014.” It’s the third such report, with the first two having been released in 2009 and 2010.

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Comcast Launches Mobile Security App – Zacks.com

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Comcast Launches Mobile Security App
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Thus, the demand for mobile security application has seen an upward trend recently. The most significant feature of this application is that it securely fills in the login passwords for banks, social sites and email accounts and has the ability to add …

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Is Comcast blocking the Pirate Bay? (updated: it isn’t just Comcast) (Tim Stevens/Engadget)

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Tim Stevens / Engadget:
Is Comcast blocking the Pirate Bay? (updated: it isn’t just Comcast)  —  We’ve received numerous reports this morning from users indicating that good ‘ol Comcast is at it again.  Word on the web is that Comcast ISP subscribers are unable to access torrent site the Pirate Bay, a situation that we’ve been able to confirm internally.

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