DETROIT - Comcast Thursday announced Michigan will be one of five states where it offers pay-as-you-go plans for Xfinity TV and Internet services, as well as prepaid wireless plans. Both will let people who do not have checking or savings accounts to pay for these digital services as needed. The offers are only available for
ROYAL OAK - Another week, another great episode. This time around we were joined by Youness and Michelle from Comcast talking about network improvements, customer service, and quite a few other solid topics. We were also joined by long-time group member and recruiter Dave Dullack to talk about the job market in the area and
DETROIT - Michelle Gilbert, Vice President Public Relations, Comcast Cable Heartland Region, returned to talk about Internet Essentials, a low cost (less than $10/mo) internet connection package for low income families to bridge the digital divide. Michelle also outlined Comcast’s recent campaign to increase the number of xfinity wifi hotspots available around the state. Over 700 hotspots
GRAND RAPIDS - According to networking giant Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corp, and a variety of industry analysts; growth of connectivity thru the use of Internet of Things devices will range anywhere from 26 billion to 100 billion by 2020. As our world becomes increasingly more connected, business owners and consumers will need to shift
PLYMOUTH - Comcast announced Monday it has installed nearly 700 new Xfinity Wi-Fi outdoor hotspots in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grosse Pointe, Royal Oak and St. Clair Shores - more Xfinity Wi-Fi outdoor hotspots will launch across other Michigan communities later this year. This announcement complements Comcast’s 654,000 Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots statewide that Xfinity customers can
SOUTHFIELD - Diva Tech Talk interviewed Nadine Heinen, Comcast Corporation’s Vice President of Field Operations for Indiana and Kentucky. Nadine describes the corporate culture as highly communicative, and constantly working to improve and serve its employees. In her current role, Nadine leads 650-700 technology staff for those two Midwestern states. She does this, successfully, by
DETROIT - As part of Comcast’s multi-million dollar nationwide commitment to improve customer service, the company will open a new XFINITY retail store in Detroit’s Midtown on Feb. 22. Located at 3907 Woodward Avenue at the corner of Selden St., the new 1,770 square-foot space is designed entirely around the needs of customers, providing them with
DETROIT - Detroit Comcast residential and business customers will be able to tap into the Internet with ultra-high speed gigabit service in the second half of this year, Comcast announced Tuesday. Detroit (the city of not the entire metropolitan area) will join Chicago and Miami in late summer or fall. Atlanta and Nashville will get
DETROIT - MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan, and Technology Century Editor Matt Roush were special guest hosts Saturday on WJR’s Internet Advisor radio show. Brennan and Roush also are co-hosts of M2 (squared) TechCast every Monday at 3 pm on the PodcastDetroit Network. To listen on demand, click on http://internetadvisor.net/wpcontent/uploads/2015/12/Podcast-1548-12-19-15-A.mp3 Also on the show were Online Tech’s
FERNDALE - Michelle Gilbert, Vice President of Public Relations for the Heartland Region of Comcast, will spend $3 million to build out a 1 gigabit per second Internet service to the businesses, across Midtown and Downtown next year. Comcast also will build a 1,700 square foot Xfinity store that will open in January, plus a
