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Comcast’s “free” streaming box requires you to rent $13-per-month router

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Enlarge / Comcast’s Flex streaming box and voice remote. Comcast last month announced that it was giving its Flex streaming device to Internet-only customers for free, but the announcement did not mention one important detail: the “free” device is only given to Comcast broadband customers who spend $13 a month to rent Comcast’s xFi Gateway […]

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Comcast incorrectly charged 2,000 customers for exceeding data cap

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Getty / Aurich Lawson Comcast’s data-usage meter gave thousands of customers inaccurate readings for two months because of a software bug, causing the broadband provider to incorrectly charge about 2,000 users for exceeding their monthly data caps. Comcast has admitted the error and told Ars it is giving refunds and additional credits of $50 each

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Comcast, beware: New city-run broadband offers 1Gbps for $60 a month

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You can check out any time you’d like, but you can never… well, you know the song. Aurich Lawson A municipal broadband service in Fort Collins, Colorado went live for new customers today, less than two years after the city’s voters approved the network despite a cable industry-led campaign against it. “Finally, a broadband provider you

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