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Comcast High Speed Internet Jumps to 50 Mbps Comcast Corp on Wednesday announced that its high speed Internet access will jump to 50 Mbps. Comcast high speed access will expand to 10 million homes in the northeast United States. The new high speed technology is called Docsis 3.0 which has been tested in the Minnesota area.

Comcast Loses FCC Ruling to NFL Comcast Corporation on Friday lost a feud with the National Football League. The Federal Communications Commission sided with the NFL. Comcast has to carry the NFL network as part of a popular package of channels.

Comcast Set to Manage Web Traffic by Prioritizing Subscribers Comcast Corp will use network software to manage its Web traffic during congestion periods. The new software will identify which customers are using the greatest amounts of bandwidth. The system will then decrease their bandwidth to provide more for other customers until network congestion eases.

Comcast to Cap Monthly Internet Use Comcast will place a limit on how much data its customers can transfer each month. The monthly cap limit of 250 gigabytes will begin on October 1, 2008.

Comcast Proposes Fair Share Plan The FCC ordered Comcast to terminate its efforts to block P2P traffic. The cable company is testing new technology that would slow Internet transmissions for heavy users.

Comcast agrees to block Internet child porn Comcast has agreed to block access to Internet child pornography.

Comcast sued for child pornography New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said his office would pursue legal action against Comcast.

Comcast Network Practices Questioned by FCC FCC chief criticizes Comcast network tactics used to restrict Internet users from sharing movies and other peer-to-peer file sharing.

Comcast partners with Pando P2P file sharing company Comcast and Pando plan to offer file sharing technology for consumers and Internet service providers.

Comcast Debuts Fastest Internet High-Speed The new Comcast service offers speeds starting at 50 megabits per second, compared with the previous fastest connection speeds of 16 mb per second.

Comcast, BitTorrent Collaborate File-Sharing Services Comcast stated on Thursday it has taken a collaborative effort with file-sharing service BitTorrent to work out a growing network traffic dispute.

Comcast responds to FCC discriminatory BitTorrent activities FCC grills Comcast executive during a debate hearing. The executive vice president David Cohen says the company policies are designed to protect most of its subscribers.

Comcast admits throttling BitTorrent usage on customers The cable provider said that it was limiting peer-to-peer BitTorrent traffic. The company said it had to take measures to provide more bandwidth for to other customers who do not use peer-to-peer applications.

Comcast sued over BitTorrent throttling The cable company limits speeds of peer-to-peer technology such as BitTorrent. The lawsuit says the company is using secret measures to limit his bandwidth which violates federal computer fraud laws.

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The cable company was founded in 1963. The company is now the largest cable service provider in the United States. The company delivers digital services, high-speed Internet and broadband phone services. It has over 100,000 employees nationwide.

The cable provider has customers in 39 states. It has nearly 25 million subscribers and over 14 million high-speed Internet customers. It also has nearly 6 million IP-enabled digital voice customers.

The company cable TV networks include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One and ten SportsNet networks.