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'''Comcast''' is a US-based telecommunications company operating under the Xfinity brand for residential Internet, TV, and phone services. It has frequently been criticized for low customer satisfaction, billing disputes, net neutrality violations, misleading sales practices, and leveraging media ownership to influence competition.

==Consumer-impact summary==

*Chronic low customer satisfaction – Consistently ranks near the bottom in ACSI surveys; in 2010 and 2014, Comcast was named "Worst Company in America" by The Consumerist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congratulations To Comcast, Your 2014 Worst Company In America! – Consumerist |url=https://consumerist.com/2014/04/08/congratulations-to-comcast-your-2014-worst-company-in-america/|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114001930/https://consumerist.com/2014/04/08/congratulations-to-comcast-your-2014-worst-company-in-america/|archive-date=2025-01-14 |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=Consumerist}}</ref>

*Aggressive billing and fees – In 2016, the FCC fined Comcast US $2.3 million for unauthorized "negative option billing"—charging customers for services or equipment they did not request—and imposed a five-year compliance plan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FCC Fines Comcast \$2.3 Million for Wrongful Billing Practices |url=https://www.fcc.gov/document/comcast-pay-23m-fine-resolve-billing-complaints|website=Federal Communications Commission |date=2016-10-11 |access-date=2025-08-20}}</ref>

*Net neutrality violations – Comcast disrupted peer-to-peer traffic (such as BitTorrent) by forging TCP reset packets, prompting FCC scrutiny; the enforcement was later overturned by a federal appeals court.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Court Overturns FCC Order Against Comcast |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/04/net-neutrality-throttle/|website=Wired |date=2010-04-06 |access-date=2025-08-20}}</ref>

*Opaque pricing and deceptive practices – Consumers report hidden fees, confusing billing, and difficulty understanding surcharges like franchise, retransmission, and sports fees.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Comcast’s Messy Bills Could Finally Get Fixed by Class-Action Lawsuit |url=https://www.wired.com/2016/10/comcast-bill-mess-class-action-lawsuit-might-finally-fix/ |website=Wired |date=2016-10-19 |access-date=2025-08-20}}</ref>

*Anti-competitive concerns and lobbying – Comcast's roles as both content owner (NBCUniversal) and distributor have raised antitrust concerns, especially in proposed acquisitions like the Time Warner Cable merger.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Critics Say Comcast–Time Warner Cable Merger Would Create Monopoly |url=https://time.com/54962/comcast-time-warner-cable-critics/ |website=Time |date=2014-02-13 |access-date=2025-08-20}}</ref>

==Incidents==

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+'''Comcast''' is a US-based telecommunications company operating under the Xfinity brand for residential Internet, TV, and phone services. It has frequently been criticized for low customer satisfaction, billing disputes, net neutrality violations, misleading sales practices, and leveraging media ownership to influence competition.
 ==Consumer-impact summary==
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+*Chronic low customer satisfaction – Consistently ranks near the bottom in ACSI surveys; in 2010 and 2014, Comcast was named "Worst Company in America" by The Consumerist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congratulations To Comcast, Your 2014 Worst Company In America! – Consumerist |url=https://consumerist.com/2014/04/08/congratulations-to-comcast-your-2014-worst-company-in-america/|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114001930/https://consumerist.com/2014/04/08/congratulations-to-comcast-your-2014-worst-company-in-america/|archive-date=2025-01-14 |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=Consumerist}}</ref>
+*Aggressive billing and fees – In 2016, the FCC fined Comcast US $2.3 million for unauthorized "negative option billing"—charging customers for services or equipment they did not request—and imposed a five-year compliance plan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FCC Fines Comcast \$2.3 Million for Wrongful Billing Practices |url=https://www.fcc.gov/document/comcast-pay-23m-fine-resolve-billing-complaints|website=Federal Communications Commission |date=2016-10-11 |access-date=2025-08-20}}</ref>
+*Net neutrality violations – Comcast disrupted peer-to-peer traffic (such as BitTorrent) by forging TCP reset packets, prompting FCC scrutiny; the enforcement was later overturned by a federal appeals court.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Court Overturns FCC Order Against Comcast |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/04/net-neutrality-throttle/|website=Wired |date=2010-04-06 |access-date=2025-08-20}}</ref>
+*Opaque pricing and deceptive practices – Consumers report hidden fees, confusing billing, and difficulty understanding surcharges like franchise, retransmission, and sports fees.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Comcast’s Messy Bills Could Finally Get Fixed by Class-Action Lawsuit |url=https://www.wired.com/2016/10/comcast-bill-mess-class-action-lawsuit-might-finally-fix/ |website=Wired |date=2016-10-19 |access-date=2025-08-20}}</ref>
+*Anti-competitive concerns and lobbying – Comcast's roles as both content owner (NBCUniversal) and distributor have raised antitrust concerns, especially in proposed acquisitions like the Time Warner Cable merger.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Critics Say Comcast–Time Warner Cable Merger Would Create Monopoly |url=https://time.com/54962/comcast-time-warner-cable-critics/ |website=Time |date=2014-02-13 |access-date=2025-08-20}}</ref>
 ==Incidents==
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 ==References==
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 [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]