It’s been a big week of news for Comcast and the cable industry. Aside from the new portable DVR and Tru2way announcements, Comcast also said it is now the number 4 provider of telephone services in the U.S.
Not bad for a company that: a) is not a phone company b) is the number one cable TV provider and c) just started offering telephone services three years ago.
Comcast said it has 4.1 million telephone customers, which beats Embarq’s residential numbers. Embarq is countering this claim by saying it has over 6 million phone customers if wholesale and business customers are included.
Comcast also announced other news at CES this week:
- A high-speed broadband service that can download an HD movie in 4 minutes, which will roll out this year.
- The addition of more HD videos for Comcast’s video-on-demand service.
- Fancast, a web site with full TV episodes and movies.
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