cohen, in comcast's comments on the broadband deployment plan to the fcc, comcast wrote that the goal of the broadband deployment plan should be to promote continuing investment in broadband networks, not stifle it through burdensome and unnecessary regulations. what are you p warning against here? >> guest: so i think there are two important notes about that sentence. the first is that it's not good enough -- and this is really a comment about stimulus funding more than anything else although it could apply to usf as well -- it's not good enough to just have government subsidy through grants or tax credits to get a network built. you also have to have a network that is continuously maintained which requires an ongoing investment. and if we, if we -- it's actually relatively easy, although expensive, to get a network built. but if you don't have a lot of customers who are using the extension of that network, there's no ongoing incentive for the private sector to maintain the network and no ongoing financial viability to that. so one of the comments, one of the thoughts embedded in tha

cohen, in comcast comments on the broadband deployment plan to the fc, comcast road -- what are you warning against year? >> there are two important notes about that sense. the first is that it is not good enough, and this is a comment about stimulus funding more than anything else, although it could apply to usf as well. it is not good enough to just a government subsidy for grants or tax credits to get a network built. you also have to have a network that is continuously maintained, which requires an ongoing investment. it is relatively easy, although expensive, to get a network built. you do not have a lot of customers using the extension of that network, there is no ongoing incentive for the private sector to maintain the network, no ongoing financial viability. one of the thoughts embedded in that sentence is that nobody -- everyone needs to realize that having the ubiquitous broadband and having that available will require not only the original construction of the network, but an ongoing maintenance and an economic reality behind -- underlying that network that would encourage the ong

comcast, the biggest.s. cable- televisionrovider, opposed the measure, saying itroze its business the reriction was imposed by the federal communicatio commission to avd cable monopoli. the court disagreed, sayg the litation didn't consider competition from compani like direc-tv a dish network. >> susie: the i-phone isaying "knee-how"o a new market: ina. today apple and wireless carer cha uni-com announced the i- phone will go on salthere before thend of this year. china has the largeswireless marketn the world in terms of subscribers with 650 million mobile phone aounts. about 140 million them are on ina uni-com. the compandidn't give financiadetails on the deal and didn't sayow much the i-phe will cost in china. thchallenge for apple will be marketing a new product ere its brand isn't widelynown. i-po in china accounted for less tha8 percent of all mp3 music player sales in 2007 >> paul: sus, apple shares toed the most actives on the nasdaq. we'll see them in just aoment as we take look at our stocks in th

one of them is comcast cable. >> oh, comcast is down again, you know, where's my internet? and they'll reply and say, oh, yeah, there's a service outage in your area. >> julie parsons tweets in her job at the international association of amusement parks and aterrorist attack. >> we' -- and attractions. >> we're a consumer-driven company. >> julie's 300 followers find out about special progrs and services and news affecting their industry. and the tweets come right to their e-mail inbox or cell phone in real time. >> really what you're doing is you're sharing information that is going to be useful to them. if you call each and every one of them, what are the types of things you would want to be communicating to them? because this is a way to do it and to do it, you know, in real time and to do it virally. >> alex georges advises organizations how to use social marketing. he says the key is to provide immediate information to your followers that they can't get anywhere else. >> it might be, you know, whatever your lobbying efforts are for this week on the hill. you know, if t

. >> so, if i post on my twitter account i had a bad experience with comcast and i get a message back from comcast the person who is liable to write you back is probably better positioned to fix my problem faster than somebody of the general customer service line. >> reporter: using twitter amounts to shouting your complaint through a megaphone, companies don't want one customer's bad experience to influence others. >> on twitter i have a short little message i can do in seconds. and that puts the onus then from someone from the company to get back to me. it changes the dynamic. instead of me being at the whim of the company, they are now having to respond to my now more powerful voice. >> reporter: but using twitter also has its risks. responses may come from scammers too. >> just because you're using twitter doesn't mean that the responses you get back are necessarily from the company. >> reporter: in washington, i'm samantha hayes, abc2 news. >>> we are looking at 5:50 now. 71 degrees. very humid outside and some areas of fog especially north of the beltway and east where we had th

. >> so if i post on my twitter account that i had a bad experience with comcast, and i get a messageom comcast, the person who is liable to write you back is probably better positioned to fix my problem faster than somebody of the general customer service line. >> reporter: using twitter amounts to shouting your complaint through a mega phone. companies don't want one customer's bad experience to influence others. >> on twitter, i have a short little message that i can do in seconds. and that puts the onus then on someone from the company to get back to me. so it changes the dynamic, instead of me being at the whim of the company, they are now having to respond to my now more powerful voice. >> reporter: but using twitter also has its risks. responses may come from scammers too. >> just because you're using twitter doesn't mean that the responses you get back are necessarily from the company. >> reporter: in washington, i'm samantha hayes, abc 2 news. >>> and i'm marybeth marsden. coming up new at 6, your local post office could be closing. the postal service is considering down-sizi

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comcast ceo brian roberts saying a number of things.e of which are -- we'll try and get you more information on that capex number in particular. but you know, they upgraded a lot of the plan already. digital and everything else. and a lot of investors obviously are going to be focused on whether, in fact, that will increase a lot. he believes it will only increase modestly in the second half. but we'll still be below, and pardon my back here because i want to read this headline. still be below what it was in fiscal year 2008. that's the reason for cash flow. comcast was quite strong. that and bliusiness is good. as for business being good, dire directv had another strong quarter. the stock doesn't look to be doing too much this morning. and, of course, remember, this company is in transition of ownership if you will, at this point. and then conceivably could become a takeover target in the not too distant future once that transition, remember, from liberty to direct in a sense being free of liberty, if you will. and john malone who won'

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. >> you can watch the ripken world series this weekend on wbal-tv plus comcast 208 verizon phi yose channel 460 and dinl the channel 11-2. the complete schedule is on our website. >> the federal government is giving colleges and universities advice on how to deal with the h 1 n 1 virus this year. there's talk of how easily the virus could spread. if there's space for temporary dorm rooms for six students, encourage using them and be flexible. at towson university they plan to roll out an educational campaign for students, staff and faculty. >> you should stay at home, not come to work, not go to class. until you are fever-free without any medication to reduce your fever for 24 hours. so that is going to be the message we are going to convey to everybody on campus. >> the towson university will also offer a mass immunization in september and the shots will be free for students and the government guidelines via face book and twitter and other sites popular with young adults. >> and a process to promote skin regeneration naturally by using your own blood a select few board certified do

it's a dea with an $845 million price tag andncludes controof wrigley field and stake in comcast srts net. e bankrupt tribune company selling the team a other asts to raise cash. >> susie: here's aook at at's happening tomorrow. august auto sales e released, along withhe institute for supply management's manufacturing foaugust and july constructiospending. tonight's commentatosays when it comes to turng around the economy, washiton lawmakers cat do it alone. thprivate sector must pitch in. he's douglas holtz-eakin present of d.h.e. consulting and former directoof the congssional budget office. >> recent weeks haveeen a lot of prosing news about the economy. conser confidence is up, housing ices show signs of reversing a threyear slide, sales of both neand older homes are increasing, anthe stock mark continues to reach new highs for 2009-- a well and good. but we a a long way from a sustained recovery. what will it take? first and foremost, the financial ctor will have to continue to heal itself. we have seenmprovements in credit conditions, but bks continue to fa. sml businesses will

relationship, which has been renewed, product not ready yet, will be rolling out early next year, comcast at the very early stage of rolling out tivo, but has announced its intentions to do so in a number of markets, and that is something we look forward to with great anticipation. over the course of the quarter, we announced a major strategic relationship with best buy, looking for tivo to drive their interest into the home digital. so we have a lot going here and a lot to look forward to. >> now, in your relationship with best buy t sounds like you're going to be helping best buy develop some exclusive tivo-type technology to sell in stores. how is that kind of retail relationship going to be important to tivo or help tivo moving forward? >> well, we've had a long-term relationship with best buy, obviously. it's been the lead retailer in terms of tivo sales, but this is much more of a strategic relationship. this is a way to get tivo into the home to advance best buy's ability to have an ongoing dialogue with customers about all kinds of things. and give them a platform for their distri

. >> if i post on my twitter account that i had a bad experience with comcast, the person liable to my department is probably in a better position to fix our problems than the general customer service line. >> using twitter amounts to shouting your complaint through a megaphone. companies do not what one company's expert -- one customers' bad experience to reach others. >> it puts the onus on someone from the company to get back to me. it changes the dynamic. instead of me being at the whim of the company, they are now having to respond to my more powerful voice. >> using twitter has its risks. responses may come from stammers. >> it does not necessarily mean that the responses you get are from the company. >> and now your 11 insta-weather + forecast with sandra shaw. >> we are seeing a batch of showers brew over to the west. that is associated with an area of low pressure and a front that is along with it. this will continue to move through the area this afternoon. we are seeing some clouds that are starting to thicken. some clouds are just trying to infiltrate the central maryland. .

people are asked do they trust at&t and comcast, they might say no.that google does because guess what, they own the pipe that goes into your house so they see the data that comes in and out your computer via the internet. the only difference is they're much older than google. the founders aren't at at&t and comcast anymore, they're run by business people, they've got a financial obligation to max out their income. the difference is again, the comcast and at&t, because we don't trust those companies on balance they're actually a little bit regulated in fact in some cases overregulated. google is just regulated, entering the yidea that companies that are new like google, and we trust the founders, is that how we want to run our society. >> we certainly want to know if the government has that information. we appreciate you joining us this morning, thanks for breaking it down. >> thanks, michael. >> the guys from boss pro shop are set up outside the studio and soon we'll be hunting things and there's a grizzly out there i'm going to try to bag. ♪ . oa! h

comcast began a similar trial in july. >>> mobile phone maker nokia wants to turn your cell phone intoredit card. they are launching a financial service company called nokia money. the program lets you pay bills, buy things and transfer money to friends and family using your phone. it lawrchtion early next year. >>> has google helped solved the mystery of the lock -- loch ness monster? they claim they have. of course it could also be just be a boat. for information on all these stories log on to the technology page of abcnews.com. those are your "tech bytes," i'm jeremy hubbard. >>> good morning. i'm jamie costello. welcome. >> i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. we'll get to the news of the day. but first -- be on the lookout for a catonsville

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eastern. >> david cohen is an executive with comcast. tonight, his take on the new fcc in the future of broadband. that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> starting on tuesday, the full senate debates the nomination of sonia sotomayor. watch it live on c-span2 and c- span.org. coming this fall, toward the home of the nation's highest court, the supreme court. indeed i have no clue. the date may be some government granted? >> i would say some the nation's. >> public money? >> my taxes? >> america's cable companies created c-span as a private service with no government mandate or money. >> while we wait for president obama's comments on the new g.i. bill schedule right after the top of the hour, a look at headlines and your phone calls from today's show. for now, we have open phones. let's take a look at some of the major papers and headlines. "stimulus cash lists state localities." we have a story about how the stimulus funds are helping states to reverse spending declines. it has pushed state expenditures up by 4.8% in the quarter. it

. >> watch abc 2 news any time on channel 1 with comcast on demand. >>> you're watching baltimore's station that works for you. now, abc news at 6. 30. >>> president obama is on the way to mexico for a meeting with the president of that country and canada. leaders will address a variety of issues and trade, immigration, drug trafficking and security and the swine flu. the national security advisor says the united states will hold direct talks with north korean leaders over their nuclear weapons if they resume international negotiations. former president bill clinton did not pass on any official message and made no promises during his visit to bring home two american journalists last week. the family of the late tv pitch man billy mays is angry over autopsy results that say cocaine played a role in his death. they said they might try to get an independent look at the autopsy result. they say heart disease was the primary cause of mays' death but cocaine contributed as well. >>> gas prices continue to climb across the country and maryland. aaa mid-atlantic reports that the average price is no

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ted follows comcast cable for convenience. >> comcast is down again. where's my internet? and th'll respond, say, oh, yeah, there's a service outage in your area. >> reporter: julie parsons tweets on the job. >> we're a member-driven organization so anywhere where we can create meaningful conversation with our members is very valuable to us. >> reporter: if you're still a twitter-phobe, web says you don't have to use it. >> you better sure understand at twitter is, why it works and why we're all talking about it. >> reporter: kimberly suiters, news 4. >> for more information with how to take a course and get 35% off your next webinar, go to nbcwashington.com and search jobs 4 you. barbara? >> for the first time, michael vick talks about his time in prison. in a cbs news interview that aired last night on "60 minutes," the former football star at mitd he derailed his own life. >> the first day i walked into prison and they slammed that door, i knew, you know, the magnitude of the decisions that i made. and the poor judgment and what i, you know, allowed to happen to the ani

wyatt every heart will have more comcast for us tonight. >>> quick action by a train operator may have prevented a deadly accident on the washington dc metro earlier this year just two months before two trains did clyde on the tracks. back in marah safety system mal functioned designed to prevent crashes and that caused one to use an emergency break to stop the crash. this crash killed 9 people and injured 70 others. a similar malfunction is suspected in both incidents. investigators investigating this crash learned about the incident from the committee that monitors dc's metro system. >>> it will be several days before investigators release the official cause of this weekend's deadly crash in plain county. robert ca assume ba and 66-year- old lenny williams died in the crash. they were both from anne arundel county. the two seater plane crashed in a corn field around 7:30 saturday morning shortly after taking off from key march. company shim ba was an experienced pilot. >>> search teams have found the wreckage of a small plane that crashed this to a helicopter near new york city. both

. >> watch abc 2 news any time on channel 1 with comcast on demand. >>> senator ted kennedy is being remembered around the country tonight. he of course lost his 16-month battle with brain cancer early this morning. abc 2 news health reporter kelly swoope talked with a man who knows kennedy's struggle all too well. >> reporter: marybeth, kennedy had glioblastoma. that's a type of brain cancer that affects about 15,000 people a year in this country. as we know the outcome is often unfortunately deadly. but one baltimore man is hoping to beat those odds. >> well, i got a little upset, you know. i mean, i have known about the kennedys ever since i was a kid. >> reporter: joe took kennedy's death a little harder than most. he shares something sad with the senior senator. he has the same kind of brain cancer. he was diagnosed with glioblastoma in june. the 59-year-old is now undergoing weeks of radiation and chemotherapy. while his cancer was the worst, stage 4, he knows all cases are different. >> what i'm hoping is that things will work out better for me than what they did for him. if n

. >> watch abc 2 news any time on channel 1 with comcast on demand. [ closing bell ] >> on wall street today, stocks rebounded from their early losses, moving higher in afternoon trading. leading the way, energy stocks which had gone up as the demand for oil increases. thed in gained 13. the s&p went up 6. >>> you might have already noticed the cost of simply using your bank has gone up. some banks are now charging for things like using a teller, using a different bank's atm, or stopping payment on a check. chris van cleave tells us some of the reasons why. >> reporter: candace shaw had no problem walking away from her old bank. >> i was upset, so i canceled my account. >> reporter: that's because she noticed a new maintenance fee. >> when i got the account there wasn't a maintenance fee. then months later. it was like $15 every month. >> reporter: experts say more banks are adding new fees and hiking up the old ones. >> the reason bank fees are going up is because the costs of providing the goods and services has gone up. >> reporter: especially overdraft fees. one national survey sho

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