Comcast loses more customers, claims other ISPs' cheap prices are "irrational"
Comcast reportedly plans significant job cuts in its cable division as the firm continues to lose residential broadband and TV customers.
Ars Technica reports: Comcast reportedly plans significant job cuts in its cable division as the firm continues to lose residential broadband and TV customers.
Comcast lost 144,000 residential broadband customers in Q3 2026, up from a 91,000-customer loss in the same quarter a year ago, the company said in its earnings report today. Comcast historically capitalized on a lack of competition for high-speed wired broadband.
This technology story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include ISPs' and TV.
Why it matters
Changes in the tech sector often reach consumers quickly through the devices, apps and online services they use every day.
Key details
- Location
- United States · Americas
- Reported by
- Ars Technica
- First reported
- Key names
- ISPs', TV
- Section
- Technology
Sources
This is an independent summary. Read the full, original reporting from the publisher:
Read the full story at Ars TechnicaSpotted an error? Request a correction · How this summary was produced
Related Stories
CBS Premiere Week Multiplatform Ratings See Big Year-Over-Year Increases (EXCLUSIVE)
CBS kicked off its fall 2026 TV season the week of Oct. 4 with a strong performance for its new and returning series, according to Nielsen live+7…
Jenna Ortega Does Not Read Reviews, Watch Her Own Movies or Check the Box Office — and Plans to ‘Be Off TV for a While’ After ‘Wednesday’ Ends
Jenna Ortega opened up to Vogue magazine as part of a new cover story about her nonexistent relationship to how the public receives her movies.
Agencies and Producers Back U.S. Tax Incentive as ‘First Step’ Toward Hollywood Recovery
A coalition of Hollywood talent agencies and independent producers said Thursday that it supports the proposed U.S. tax incentive for film and TV…
Tom Skerritt, ‘Picket Fences’ and ‘Alien’ Star, Dies at 93
Tom Skerritt, who starred in the TV series “Picket Fences” and appeared in movies ranging from “MASH” to “Alien,” “Top Gun,” “A River Runs Through…
Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing
MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually, getting better at…
Etsy is cracking down on AI slop listings
Etsy is announcing stricter rules about how AI can be used in listings to reduce the volume of AI slop on the platform.
Mark Zuckerberg’s creative plan to pay California’s proposed billionaire tax without losing control of Meta
A newly launched stock class being offered was partially engineered to help Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pay the "billionaire's tax," should…
Etsy bans AI-generated recipes and patterns from its online marketplace
Etsy also laid out clearer rules around AI usage on its platform, including barring sellers from creating bot-generated listings without any human…