Digital voice
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| Xfinity | |
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | April 2, 1981 (as Comcast Cable) |
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Key people
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Dave Watson (President & CEO) Dana Strong (President, Consumer Services) Matthew Strauss (EVP, Xfinity Services) |
| Products | Cable television, broadband internet, VoIP phone, Home security |
| Parent | Comcast |
| Subsidiaries |
Comcast Business Comcast Spotlight Comcast Wholesale Xfinity Mobile |
| Website | www |
Xfinity is a brand of Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, a subsidiary of the Comcast Corporation, used to market consumer cable television, internet, telephone, and wireless services provided by the company. The brand was first introduced in 2010; prior to that, these services were marketed primarily under the Comcast name.
Its CEO is Dave Watson, its chairman is Brian L. Roberts, and its CFO is Catherine Avgiris. Xfinity went from $23.7 billion in revenue in 2007 to $50.04 billion in 2016.
In February 2010, Comcast began to re-brand its consumer triple play service offerings under the name Xfinity; Comcast Digital Cable was renamed "Xfinity TV", Comcast Digital Voice became "Xfinity Voice", and Comcast High Speed Internet became "Xfinity Internet". The re-branding and an associated promotional campaign were scheduled to coincide with the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The Xfinity rebranding has been controversial as a purported effort to sidestep the negativity of the Comcast brand.Time considered Xfinity to be among the worst corporate renamings of all time, asking "Will the name change work? Probably not, but at least it'll sound a bit edgier when you're put on hold...with Xfinity."
Comcast is the largest provider of cable internet access in the United States, servicing 40% of the market in 2011. As of April 27 2017, Comcast has 25.131 million high-speed internet customers.
Comcast began offering internet services in late 1996, when it helped found the @Home Network, which sold internet service through Comcast's cable lines. The agreement continued after @Home's merger with Excite. When the combined company Excite@Home filed for bankruptcy in 2002, Comcast moved their roughly 950,000 internet customers completely onto their own network.
Available Comcast High-Speed Internet Plans:
Speeds are given in megabits per second, where 1 megabit = 0.125 megabytes = 125000 bytes.
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