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**YonkFiorc** · 01-18-2011, 11:24 PM

I'm writing a case study on Comcast's strategies in the past. Now I don't live in the US so I'm not so sure about the competition. In the case study it mentions that Comcast acquired AT&T broadband in 2002, but when I google now it says that AT&T is Comcast's strongest competition at the moment when it comes to internet connections.. So what's the deal here?

That depends on your region in the US. Some places in the US doesn't have a strong presence at all. Either due to a pre-existing company, or that their infrastructure hasn't been updated yet.

Here in the Chicagoland portion of IL, Comcast is pretty much the ONLY game in town for people. Verizon FIOS is fast, but very few people can get it. AT&T DSL is common, but many houses have insufficent wiring to support high speeds, and the speeds aren't as good as could be.

I've never heard of comcast owning any portion of AT&T.

01-18-2011, 11:24 PM	#2
YonkFiorc Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 425 Senior Member	I'm writing a case study on Comcast's strategies in the past. Now I don't live in the US so I'm not so sure about the competition. In the case study it mentions that Comcast acquired AT&T broadband in 2002, but when I google now it says that AT&T is Comcast's strongest competition at the moment when it comes to internet connections.. So what's the deal here? That depends on your region in the US. Some places in the US doesn't have a strong presence at all. Either due to a pre-existing company, or that their infrastructure hasn't been updated yet. Here in the Chicagoland portion of IL, Comcast is pretty much the ONLY game in town for people. Verizon FIOS is fast, but very few people can get it. AT&T DSL is common, but many houses have insufficent wiring to support high speeds, and the speeds aren't as good as could be. I've never heard of comcast owning any portion of AT&T.
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