Comcast added 382,000 new Internet subscribers in the third quarter, more than AT&T, Verizon and Qwest combined, says Dow Jones News Service.
AT&T added 148,000 subs and Qwest added 61,000 subs. Verizon added 129,000 FiOS subscribers, but its numbers are offset by a loss of 96,000 DSL customers.
Comcast's COO says that the company's management "obviously believe" that they're taking more phone and data customers from AT&T and Verizon than the two are grabbing video customers from Comcast.
Next week, Time Warner Cable and Cablevision are expected to report strong growth in their 3Q updates.
For more:
- Dow Jones compares Comcast's conquests with telco broadband numbers. Article [1].
Related articles
Comcast profit up 38%, telephony subs rise 483K [2]
Verizon profit surges 31 percent [3]
Links:
[1] http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200810291651DOWJONESDJONLINE000958_FORTUNE5.htm
[2] http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/comcast-profit-38-telephony-subs-rise-483k/2008-10-29
[3] http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/verizon-profit-surges-31-percent/2008-10-27