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November 2011 (17)

30Nov
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Top 3 Tips for Optimizing Your Connected Home

Coming off yesterday's webcast, I wanted to spend a bit more time discussing some of the tips Rob mentioned yesterday on creating a fast and efficient home network with the Xfinity Wireless Gateway. 1. Location, location, location! Ideally, your Wireless...

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29Nov
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Tune in to Comcast Voices Live Today at 3 PM EST

Join us today at 3 pm EST for our first episode of Comcast Voices Live with Rob Slinkard, VP, Product Management, Xfinity Internet and Voice services. We'll be talking about the Xfinity Wireless Gateway and how it helps you...

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28Nov
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It's Connected Home Week on Comcast Voices; Tune in to Webcast Tomorrow

Now that the holiday season is in full swing, I'm happy to introduce our "Connected Home for the Holidays" week on Comcast Voices. All throughout the week, we'll be bringing you lots of information on how to get your home...

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23Nov
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Watch a Sneak Preview of "The Comcast Holiday Spectacular 2011"

With Thanksgiving here, the holiday season is underway, and that means here at the Comcast Center we've just rolled out our fourth annual "Comcast Holiday Spectacular." This digital display of holiday splendor has become a must-see holiday tradition in Philadelphia,...

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21Nov
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A Connected Home for the Holidays

We know the world is getting more connected. As a matter of fact, according to a recent research compiled by Forrester and Yankee Group, there could be as many as 234 million connected devices — or six per household...

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17Nov
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People with Disabilities a Valuable Part of Diversity

A couple weeks ago, I traveled to Philadelphia to take part in Comcast's Diversity & Inclusion Enrichment Series. Each month the Enrichment Series celebrates the diversity of their employees, the work they do, and how diversity strengthens the communities they...

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14Nov
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City Year Opening Day 2011

Last month, more than 2,000 City Year corps members participated in Opening Day ceremonies across the country and, with the support of Comcast, dedicated a year of their lives to making a difference for children and their communities. Among the...

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14Nov
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Family Online Safety Institute Honors Jay Opperman

Congratulations to Jay Opperman, Senior Director of Security & Privacy at Comcast, for being the recipient of the Family Online Safety Institute's award for Outstanding Achievement! For his exceptional work in the field of online safety, Jay received this...

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11Nov
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Personalize Your Xfinity TV Experience With Xfinitytv.com

There's a bunch of great stuff on TV. You can watch it on almost any screen you have available in your home. There's the flat screen TV in the family room, a laptop in the den, maybe an iPad in...

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10Nov
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The New Xfinitytv.com User Experience

Tom Loretan, VP & Executive Creative Director, Comcast Interactive Media, recently sat down with me to talk about the sleek new Xfinitytv.com. The streamlined site gives viewers easy one-click access to the best and most current TV shows and...

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10Nov
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Live From the 12th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards...Is XFINITY TV's Virtual Green Carpet Experience

For those who want to be the first to know what Shakira is wearing or what kind of hardware Pitbull is sporting at Latin music's biggest night, Comcast has a direct link to all the action as it unfolds -...

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09Nov
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Connect to Compete Expands With Cable Industry Partners

Today, at the Langley Education Campus in Washington, D.C., FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced that a coalition of cable Internet Service Providers, equipment manufacturers, and nonprofit groups committed to address major barriers to broadband adoption by giving eligible low-income households...

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09Nov
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Matt Strauss Highlights New Look Xfinitytv.com at Streaming Media West

Matt Strauss, SVP and GM, Comcast Interactive Media, will discuss the new Xfinitytv.com and share his views on the online video space at Streaming Media West today at noon EST. It will be streamed live on Streaming Media's homepage....

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09Nov
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Technical Details for Our IPv6 Deployment

We have now started our pilot market deployment of IPv6, which is the first of several phases for our IPv6 deployment. This first phase will support certain types of directly connected CPE, where a computer is connected directly to a...

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09Nov
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Deployment of IPv6 Begins

Comcast has been conducting IPv6 technical trials in our production network for more than a year, and we've been working diligently on IPv6 deployment for over 6 years. After so many years of challenging preparatory work, significant technology investment, internal...

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02Nov
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Comcast Lands Emmy Engineering Certificate for Xfinity TV iPad App

An Emmy engineering award. It's on the plane with me now. The event was well attended and well produced, but without the glamour you may expect from the televised Emmys. The carpet was more of a black and beige...

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01Nov
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Comcast Partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters Goes Beyond School Walls

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeastern Pennsylvania recently kicked off the fourth year of a unique and successful mentoring program in partnership with Comcast. Through this program, called Beyond School Walls, we bring children into the workplace to meet...

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