Comcast tried to give wireless a go several years ago. It failed. It pulled out of wireless, sold its spectrum and was done. Now, wireless has expanded and changed, and competitors like AT&T’s U-verse and DirecTV are using wireless to deliver television programming. I’ll bet Comcast now wishes it never sold off its wireless spectrum. So, what can we expect from the company going forward in the wireless space? If it jumps in again, will it be successful this time around?
Comcast recently acknowledged it was weighing its options in wireless.
Community wireless has it share of issues. Most wireless ISP's I am familiar with has some real speed consistency issues. But I was never impressed with Comcast's attempt to implement public wifi through its customer wireless access points. Many customers balked at that setup. The trouble with Comcast they are still too focused on being a cable TV company and not separating broadband from TV service.
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It’s Time for Comcast to Get Off the Wireless Fence
Posted by: Jeff Kagan September 8, 2016 10:26 AMComcast tried to give wireless a go several years ago. It failed. It pulled out of wireless, sold its spectrum and was done. Now, wireless has expanded and changed, and competitors like AT&T’s U-verse and DirecTV are using wireless to deliver television programming. I’ll bet Comcast now wishes it never sold off its wireless spectrum. So, what can we expect from the company going forward in the wireless space? If it jumps in again, will it be successful this time around?
Comcast recently acknowledged it was weighing its options in wireless.