Apple buying gaming studio EA might seem like a strange proposition, but it wouldn’t be the craziest deal we’ve seen in recent months. Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard for $69 billion. Then, Sony got Bungie for $3.6 billion. Microsoft and Sony are active players in the console gaming business, so the acquisitions are logical developments. Apple …
There are many reasons that cable and internet providers often rank poorly in customer satisfaction polls. Beyond the unexpected outages and occasional bouts of slow speeds, companies like Comcast also stack inexplicable additional charges on customers’ bills. Among the worst of these charges are the dreaded data caps, or “data usage plans,” as Comcast calls …
The streaming wars continue to heat up as Bloomberg reports that Comcast’s NBCUniversal is considering pulling its movies from Netflix and HBO Max and bringing all future film releases exclusively to its streaming service Peacock. It should come as no surprise that Comcast would be considering such a move, because while those services have to …
Customers of cable TV and internet service providers are, unfortunately, going to see 2021 greet them with companies like Comcast raising prices. Comcast raising prices this month also comes at the same time that it’s bringing back data caps for all customers — though it won’t start levying fees in response to customers going over …
Comcast is adding a 1.2TB data cap for home users beginning on January 1. The company notes that 95% of subscribers will not be impacted by the change. Users who go over the cap will be charged $10 for every 50GB of data consumed over the initial limit. Additional monthly charges will never exceed $100. …
Wireless service and internet connectivity are perhaps more important now than they’ve ever been for the millions of Americans stuck at home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Wireless carriers like Verizon and AT&T have extended their commitment to the FCC’s Keep Americans Connected pledge that was originally set to expire in May. The pledge says …
For you brave souls out there that still subscribe to Comcast for TV service and who haven’t cut the cord yet, I’m afraid there’s more bad news in store for you at this point. After the telecom behemoth announced only a few weeks ago that it lost 732,000 TV customers in 2019 (a few months …
Comcast is about to try and insert itself in a major way onto the battlefield of the Streaming Wars, ahead of the company’s launch of its Peacock streaming service in July. But before we get there — if you’ve been paying attention for anything length of time to the Comcast story, boys and girls — …
If you thought Apple TV+ and Disney+, the streaming services that launched in November, were affordable, then you’ll probably like some of the Peacock subscription options that Comcast has prepared for you. The new streaming services will be available on July 15th in three subscription tiers, including a free, ad-supported one. Moreover, there’s a way …
Outgoing T-Mobile CEO John Legere has made a central focus of his time in the corner office at the so-called Un-carrier be all the things that people hate rival carriers for, and then making a big show of doing (or appearing to do) the opposite. Blasting its opponents for the hidden fees that lard up …
