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Comcast spinning NBCUniversal

luperm said:
In certain cases (example Edison, NJ) Comcast is actually overbuilding another ISP's territory (Optimum) with a 100% fiber to the home network. Comcast's native territory ends one town over in Woodbridge, so this is an "edge out" for them. They are doing similar builds elsewhere where it makes economic sense.
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Exactly what they're doing here, north of Houston... all of Houston proper was their existing footprint, but they did a massive edge-out here in Montgomery County. Unfortunately for them, other companies beat them to the fiber push, but I know some folks are still switching.

Don CT said:
What are the limitations of DOCSIS. Can it ever provide symmetric speeds or will upload always be bottlenecked.
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DOCSIS 4.0 and high-split DOCSIS 3.1 can both do symmetric speeds. Comcast is doing DOCSIS 4.0, while Charter is doing high-split.
 
I know GE once owned NBC. Sorry to be so lazy but does anyone know a proper list of the owners of NBC through the years going back to it's founding in radio?

Thanks
 
Don CT said:
Radio Corporation of America.
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Yep, that's the only entry for the first 60 years of its existence (founded in 1926). GE acquired it in 1986, sold part of it to Vivendi in 2004 (creating NBCUniversal). Comcast acquired controlling interest in 2011.

Not exactly the long list that @Markxxx expected, I bet.
 
Markxxx said:
I know GE once owned NBC. Sorry to be so lazy but does anyone know a proper list of the owners of NBC through the years going back to it's founding in radio?

Thanks
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It's not that long a list, and no one---joking or otherwise---should suggest Wikipedia as source material, much less A.I.

Founded in 1926 by RCA (Radio Corporation of America).

GE (General Electric) bought RCA outright


That's how far along I was when K.M.'s post appeared.

I'll just add for clarity that GE bought RCA outright, not just NBC (and then sold the rest of RCA) and that Vivendi had bought Universal (from Seagram's) only four years prior to acquiring NBC.
 
Markxxx said:
I know GE once owned NBC. Sorry to be so lazy but does anyone know a proper list of the owners of NBC through the years going back to it's founding in radio?

Thanks
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RCA from inception to 1986. GE from 1986 (RCA Acquisition) until acquired by Vivendi Universal and that was then sold to Comcast.
 


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