Comcast’s bandwidth policy has come under fire from several directions lately, and today it’s announced plans to test two new systems for managing capacity. In a company blog post, VP Cathy Avgiris describes the new “flexible” approaches it will be testing out in certain markets that start off by raising the limit to 300GB (from 250GB where it’s been since 2008 ) per month. One of the plans involves offering 300GB as a base on its Essentials, Economy, and Performance internet packages, and higher limits on its Blast and Extreme tiers, with extra data available as an add-on, possibly $10 for 50GB or so
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Comcast rethinks bandwidth caps, trials two new policies that involve higher 300GB monthly limits
As we revealed yesterday , Time Warner Cable has finally activated HBO Go streaming to TV connected devices. As seen on the new activation pages for 
While he might not be the first human to admit unfamiliarity with Apple’s AirPlay , he’s likely to be one of the most recognizable figures amongst the bunch. In a recent interview, Time Warner Cable’s CEO, Glenn Britt, said one of the main challenges faced by digital video was the lack of simple ways to stream internet-based content to television sets. Naturally, that brought up the imminent question about Cupertino’s streaming goods, to which he responded by saying “I’m not sure what AirPlay is,” also adding that “the current Apple TV , the little thing, the hockey puck, really doesn’t do anything to help enable you to get internet material on your TV.” Furthermore, he went on to say, “I hate set-top boxes,” as he believes Smart TVs are a better streaming solution compared to other bits that require additional hardware
Looks like it’s time for a little endzone celebration in the City of Brotherly Love this week. Comcast issued its earnings, and things are looking up , marking a 30 percent profit increase for the first quarter. Revenue for the cable company is at $14.9 billion, beating out analyst estimates of $14.4 billion
Waiting for your TiVo to see the upgraded Netflix and YouTube streaming apps we got a peek at during CES a few months ago? How about the ability to access Comcast’s video on-demand that we’ve been waiting for since last year 
Hot on the heels of our own reporting of cables in the South Pacific (or the lack thereof), in flies a report that at least two new undersea cables are being planned for the arctic. According to New Scientist , a pair of lengthy fiber optic wires will be laid through the Northwest Passage above North America, connecting Japan to the United Kingdom. 
After CEO Reed Hastings recently hinted at the possibility of Netflix’s Watch Instantly service coming bundled with cable services, Reuters is reporting the company has met with “some of the largest US cable companies” to discuss partnerships. The report goes on to mention it could stream through cable set-top boxes and appear as another line item on customer’s bills, however for that, Netflix would have to rework content licensing agreements that bar its service from cable boxes, which has kept it off of TiVo Premieres offered by companies like Suddenlink and RCN. 
It’s not often that a company announced it lost 17,000 customers in a quarter and that’s considered good news, but for Comcast that’s exactly the case when it comes to cable TV. 
Less than a week after announcing it would double customers broadband speeds nationwide, Virgin Media suffered a nationwide blackout that sent the network dark for most of Tuesday evening. At 5:00, the service dropped after router hardware decided it couldn’t go on streaming the same episode of The Jeremy Kyle Show to the nation. The company admitted to the fault and service was restored by 8:00pm
About six months after we first heard Comcast would release a Skype webcam built for its cable boxes Wireless Goodness has uncovered the FCC filing for just such a unit. There’s no pictures of the device itself, but scans from the manual and the diagram above give a good idea of the experience available, including the ability to have video as an overlay on top of TV content, or as a picture-in-picture
