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Comcast Internet Service Returns
CHICAGO (WBBM) - If you subscribe to Comcast Internet service in the Chicago area, Northwest Indiana or southwest Michigan, you must have wondered where it went Sunday night. LISTEN: Newsradio 780′s...
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No Mass Refunds For Comcast Customers
CHICAGO (STMW) – One of the Chicago area’s biggest ever high-speed Internet outages left more than 1 million Comcast customers without Web access Sunday night. But Comcast says it has no plans to...
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City, Comcast Team Up To Bring Affordable Internet Access
CHICAGO (WBBM) – The City of Chicago and Comcast are teaming up in a pilot project to make broadband Internet access affordable for hundreds of thousands of low income families. As WBBM Newsradio 780...
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Comcast Worker Dies After Falling From Ladder
CHICAGO (STMW) – A Comcast worker died after falling off a ladder and landing on his head Saturday morning in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. The 26-year-old man — identified by the Cook County Medical...
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Aurora Man: Comcast Cable Box Was Full Of Roaches
AURORA, Ill. (CBS) — Finding cockroaches in your home is never a pleasant experience, but one Aurora man was surprised recently to see them coming out of a place one would never expect them. As WBBM...
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‘Xfinity Home’ Security Service Coming To Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) — Comcast is starting a new wireless service the Chicago area, Northwest Indiana and Southwest Michigan. As WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports, Xfinity Home allows subscribers to watch...
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Comcast Workers In Romeoville May Unionize
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (CBS) — One of the nation’s biggest unions is battling the nation’s biggest cable operator at a southwest suburban work site. The cable installer who comes to your home is usually...
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Comcast Leaves TV Cable On Family’s Patio For Nearly 3 Months
A Comcast crew left this TV cable draped across Bridget Farragher’s yard and patio in October, then refused to bury or move it for nearly three months. (Credit: CBS) CHICAGO (CBS) – For most families,...
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Low-Cost Internet Program For Poor Families To Expand
RIVERDALE, Ill. (CBS) – Local officials say a program to help low–income families connect to the Internet has become the most successful such effort in the nation. WBBM Newsradio’s Craig Dellimore...
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Comcast Worker Shot, Critically Wounded
CHICAGO (CBS) — A worker for Comcast was shot and critically wounded during an apparent robbery attempt on the South Side. The shooting happened just before 1 p.m. in the 7600 block of South Kingston....
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Frank Thomas To Be A Fox Sports 1 Analyst
MACON, Ga. (AP) — Just in time for his entry into the Hall of Fame, Frank Thomas is moving up to the broadcasting big leagues. Thomas will join Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine as players inducted into the...
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A Quick And Dirty Guide To Net Neutrality
By Mason Johnson Net neutrality is a simple concept: it’s the idea that big companies that provide Internet have to treat all websites as equals. What does this mean for you and me? It means that...
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The Illinois Politicians That Want To Take Your Internet Rights Away From You
By Mason Johnson With net neutrality effectively neutered, Internet service providers (ISPs) starting to do as they please and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) attempting to create new rules...
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There’s An ‘Internet Slowdown’ Today, Which Isn’t As Bad As It Seems… Yet
By Mason Johnson The Internet has been in legislation limbo for the better part of 2014, and September 10th, it’s going to slowdown — but not really. In a campaign dubbed Battle for the Net, protesters...
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The Internet May Change Drastically, Especially For Chicagoans
For a decade, the government, Internet providers and activists have been in a complicated back-and-forth over how the Internet should work… all while the rest of us watch Netflix, barely aware of...
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Comcast Changes Name On Bill To “Super B—h”
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — When a suburban Chicago woman received her Comcast bill, she was stunned to see what was inside. It wasn’t the money she owed. It was the name the company used on the...
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Comcast Cancels Six Appointments On South Side Due To Violence
CHICAGO (CBS) — Complaints about cable companies are legendary, but an online rant against Comcast on Wednesday got a response, and revealed a little more about the company’s practices. Wednesday...
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VIDEO: Cars Slide Off Indiana Road To Avoid Parked Comcast Truck
(CBS) — Video of cars sliding off an Indianapolis street on Tuesday to avoid a Comcast truck that had blocked part of the road has gone viral. The YouTube video was shot by a man who lives on a street...
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Thieves Use Stolen Comcast Truck For Bucktown Burglary: Victim
(CBS) – A victim says burglars used a stolen Comcast truck to commit their crime. Witnesses say the suspects drove down a Bucktown alley in the vehicle Tuesday morning and then forced open a garage...
View ArticleNetflix Is Now Worth More Than Disney And Comcast
CHICAGO (CNN) — The streaming company is now worth more than Disney and Comcast. Shares of Netflix (NFLX) were up Thursday even as Disney (DIS), Comcast (CMCSA) and the broader market fell. Netflix’s...
View ArticleComcast Xfinity Outage: Businesses Across U.S. Lose Phone Service
(CBS) — Comcast’s Xfinity phone service suffered a massive outage on Wednesday, taking out landlines for many companies across the U.S. The trouble began in the morning, and by the afternoon...
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Disney Raises Its Bid For Fox To $71 Billion
Jill Disis (CNN Money) — Disney just raised the stakes in the fight for 21st Century Fox. The company sweetened its offer Wednesday — $71.3 billion for Fox’s movie studio, along with Fox’s regional...
View ArticleComcast Dealing With Major Outage Nationwide
(CBS/AP) — Comcast is dealing with a widespread outage of some of its services. The Philadelphia company told CNBC, which it owns, that it is aware of a nationwide outage affecting some of its...
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Woman’s Home Flooded With Sewage After Comcast Cuts Pipe In Yard
CHICAGO (CBS) — Christine Padgett is on a fixed income. Her husband is bedridden. So when sewage spontaneously started pouring into her Bourbonnais home through her tub and shower drains in October,...
View ArticleComcast Loses Cable Users, But Internet Subscribers Surge
(AP) — Comcast continues to lose its U.S. cable customers, but racked up more internet subscribers and got a revenue boost from Sky, its big bet on European TV. The Philadelphia company said it lost...
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Comcast Sheds Cable Customers But Adds Internet Subscribers
(AP) — Comcast kept shedding cable customers and adding home internet customers in its most recent quarter. Traditional TV providers are losing customers at an increasing rate while streaming companies...
View ArticleSuit: Comcast Installed Broken, Bug-Infested Equipment
CHICAGO (STMW) – Nearly a dozen current and former Comcast employees claim the South Side facility where they worked was infested with bugs and rodents, and they were forced to install inadequate or...
View ArticleComcast Denies Discrimination Claim From Black Workers
CHICAGO (CBS) — Cable giant Comcast says it adamantly denies allegations from a group of technicians who claim the company discriminates against black employees. The former and current employees sued...
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Man Furious After Being Assigned Vulgar Comcast Username He Never Asked For
CHICAGO (CBS) — The CBS 2 Morning Insiders answered the call about a viewer’s internet account. It’s not about billing or spotty service, nor a missed appointment. As CBS 2’s Lauren Victory reported,...
View ArticleWoman Claims Scammers Stole A Check She Mailed At The Post Office
CHICAGO (CBS) — A check for cable ended up wiping out a Chicago woman’s bank account, and the scammers simply used Wite-Out. Diana Vulic goes to the Northtown post office either inside or to the box in...
View ArticleComcast Bill-Saving Scam Sounded So Good, Even Company’s Reps Fell For It
CHICAGO (CBS) – It’s an age-old scam: Crooks convincing victims to pay bills with gift cards. Now, there’s a new twist: Actual customer service reps at a major telecom company falling for this old con....
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Cook County, Comcast To Provide Free Internet Service For 14,000 Suburban...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Cook County is joining forces with Comcast to provide free internet service to suburban public housing families with school age kids. County Board President Toni Preckwinkle explained...
View ArticleMajor Comcast Outage In West Suburbs After Utility Pole Is Knocked Down
CHICAGO (CBS) — Comcast customers in the western suburbs experienced a major outage Monday night. Construction crews knocked down a utility pole in Elmhurst, severing a fiber line. That knocked out...
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Comcast Xfinity Blames ‘Network Issue’ For Massive Internet Outage Across...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A massive Comcast outage left people scrambling to find internet service to get online to do their jobs on Tuesday. The outage for Comcast’s Xfinity internet service affected tens of...
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