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...
View ArticleNo 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...
View ArticleCity, 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...
View ArticleComcast 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...
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...
View ArticleAurora 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...
View Article‘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...
View ArticleComcast 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...
View ArticleComcast 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,...
View ArticleLow-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...
View ArticleComcast 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....
View ArticleFrank 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThere’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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleComcast 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...
View ArticleComcast 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...
View ArticleVIDEO: 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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