Entertainment

Cancelling Your Cable Really Does Feel Like This

Breaking free of the chains that bind you to your ISP? It feels monumental. It feels epic. It feels… well, it feels pretty much like this. [GT Collins via Funny or Die]


November 30, 2010
Entertainment

Comcast Bullying Netflix Partners Into Paying Toll

Level 3 Communications, the networking company that delivers streaming video to Netflix users, says that Comcast is demanding a “recurring fee” for the transmission of such videos to its subscribers. This, it should go without saying, is very shitty news.


May 13, 2010
Entertainment

Xfinity, Please Release This TV Remote Web App

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If there’s anything that could make me forget the general dorkiness of Comcast’s “Xfinity” rebranding, it’s this incredibly awesome demo of a prototype web app for controlling Xfinity cable and On Demand. Guys, release this and we’ll call it even.


February 4, 2010

Comcast Rebrands Itself As Xfinity. Seriously? That’s All You’ve Got?

So, Comcast has some public image issues. And what do you do when you want to fix the perception but not the underlying problems? Change your name! Change it to the worst, pseudo-pornographic, retro-futuristic garbage money can buy.