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:I take your point, but between the two examples that you gave and the Comcast–Xfinity relationship, there’s at least one significant difference which I believe justifies not splitting the article. That is that ''Verizon FiOS'' and ''AT&T U-verse'' are brands used specifically for services delivered by way of the respective companies’ fiber-optic networks. At the risk of being snide, ''Xfinity'' is just a different name for services that are similar to those that were branded ''Comcast'', delivered through essentially the same network. :I take your point, but between the two examples that you gave and the Comcast–Xfinity relationship, there’s at least one significant difference which I believe justifies not splitting the article. That is that ''Verizon FiOS'' and ''AT&T U-verse'' are brands used specifically for services delivered by way of the respective companies’ fiber-optic networks. At the risk of being snide, ''Xfinity'' is just a different name for services that are similar to those that were branded ''Comcast'', delivered through essentially the same network.
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::Xfinity and Comcast Cable are the same for sure,(branding) but Comcast Holdings Corp. is not the same as Comcast Cable Communications, LLC. I've just updated the article to reflect this. (from information on Bloomberg's website)] (]) 06:12, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


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Comcast Business Class

Do you think Comcast Business Class should have its own Misplaced Pages entry? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.211.226.222 (talk) 22:44, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

No 174.57.47.124 (talk) 05:36, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Agreed Jordan Leach (talk) 22:49, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Xfinity

Considering how Verizon FiOS is separate from Verizon Communications, and the same with AT&T U-verse and AT&T Inc., I don't think it's far fetched to separate the triple play service Xfinity, from the telecommunications and media parent company Comcast. NThomas (talk) 04:23, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

I take your point, but between the two examples that you gave and the Comcast–Xfinity relationship, there’s at least one significant difference which I believe justifies not splitting the article. That is that Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse are brands used specifically for services delivered by way of the respective companies’ fiber-optic networks. At the risk of being snide, Xfinity is just a different name for services that are similar to those that were branded Comcast, delivered through essentially the same network.
Quick and Dirty User Account (talk) 10:18, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
Xfinity and Comcast Cable are the same for sure,(branding) but Comcast Holdings Corp. is not the same as Comcast Cable Communications, LLC. I've just updated the article to reflect this. (from information on Bloomberg's website)Forbes72 (talk) 06:12, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

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Control 75% of cable market?

I recently removed the claim from the Lead section of the article that the Time Warner acquisition would give Comcast control of up to 75% of the cable market. I'm having trouble finding a good source for that. Plenty shows up in Google, but not enough to convince me that it's not a mistake propagated with the help of Misplaced Pages. The source given in the article didn't say anything about 75%, and seemed to give the number as 30%, as did a NYTimes piece I read the other day. Does anybody know anything about this who could clear up the issue? The claim was added in this edit by User:Factsearch. (Pinging them so they can respond if they want.) ~Adjwilley (talk) 05:16, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, yes I took the 75% as being commonly known. In any event livemint.com and The Wall Street Journal used the following reference which I believe I picked up from a Reuters article: “A tie-up between Comcast and Time Warner Cable would face tough scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission,” Craig Moffett, an analyst at MoffettNathanson LLC, said in an interview in January. The merged company would account for almost three-quarters of the cable industry, according to the National Cable Television Association.

The key is the second sentence, the NCTA being the trade association for the U.S. cable industry. Unfortunately I haven't been able to detect any reference to the Comcast/Time Warner deal on NCTA's website so I agree it would be a stretch to sustain the 75% claim without a direct quote or reference from the apparent source of the information. Factsearch —Preceding undated comment added 14:33, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

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