Comcast Signs 'Internet-on-the-go' Deal

May 8, 2008

On a bus ride in January through Portland, Ore., Brian L. Roberts, chairman and chief executive officer of Comcast Corp., began to see the future of Internet-on-the-go. "We participated in a three-way videoconference call at 50 miles an hour. It was pretty incredible talking to people in the car behind you and to people in an office," Roberts said in an interview yesterday. He also watched streaming video and saw data coming in live at remarkable speed. "It's like HDTV. Until you see it, it is hard to describe," Roberts said.

For the full May 8, 2008, article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, click here.

For coverage in the Philadelphia Business Journal, click here.

For an opinion piece on the new "quadruple play," see: Comcast Gets its Wireless Strategy.