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Map of LATAs in the US. Local access and transport area (LATA) is a term used in U.S. telecommunications regulation.It represents a geographical area of the United States under the terms of the Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ) entered by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Civil Action number 82-0192 or any other geographic area designated as a LATA in the ...
Xfinity Voice (formerly Comcast Digital Voice) is a Voice Over IP cable telephony service that was launched in 2005 in some markets, [75] and to all of Comcast's markets in 2006. Comcast's older service, Comcast Digital Phone, continued to offer service for a brief period, until Comcast shut it down around in late 2007. [ 76 ]
Altice USA (also known as Optimum); AT&T Internet; Charter Communications (also known as Spectrum); Comcast High Speed Internet (also known as Xfinity); Consolidated Communications (including FairPoint Communications)
Brian L. Roberts. Comcast is described as a family business. [19] Brian L. Roberts, its chairman and CEO, is the son of founder Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015). Roberts owns or controls about 1% of all Comcast shares but all of the Class B supervoting shares, giving him an "undilutable 33% voting power over the company". [20]
On May 18, 2016, Charter finalized acquisition of Time Warner Cable and its sister company Bright House Networks, [10] making it the third-largest pay television service in the United States. [11] [12] [13] In 2019, Charter ranked No. 70 in the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. [14]
In November 2016, Altice USA announced a five-year plan for fiber-to-the-home service to build a network capable of delivering 10 Gbit/s broadband speed. [5] In August 2017, the company stated it was on track to reach one million homes by the end of 2018. [6] In June 2017, Altice USA raised US$2.2 billion in an initial public stock offering. [7]
Comcast SportsNet Houston; QVC: Comcast sold its majority stake to Liberty Media in 2003; Speed Channel: joint venture with Cox Communications and Fox Entertainment Group; Fox acquired Comcast and Cox's stakes in 2001; Time Warner Entertainment (26%, with Time Warner Inc.): Comcast sold its 26% stake to Time Warner Inc. (now Warner Bros ...
In the US, a Basic Trading Area is a geographic region defined originally in the Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide and used by the FCC where a Personal Communications Service can operate. [1] It consists of the counties surrounding a city designated as the basic trading center. [2]