'All throughout my life pretty much, I've had to deal with Xfinity's bullcrap, them not being able to handle the speeds that we need,' Herman said. 'With all those kids using the Internet for school and other needs, it just doesn't work out.'
"We had the best financial performance in our company's 60-year history with record revenue, EBITDA and EPS along with significant free cash flow," said Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Comcast Corporation.
Mayor Cherelle Parker expressed her surprise, stating that this decision was a "curveball that none of us saw coming." Despite advocating for a downtown arena, she now sees this as a celebration for the city.
In a meeting at CNBC headquarters, Mark Lazarus presented an optimistic outlook for the future of the network, contrasting the previous day's bleak jokes about Comcast's spinoff plans.
Comcast is covering approximately $45 million of the $55 million broadband buildout in Indiana, amounting to 83% of the project's total costs, demonstrating significant investment in expanding internet connectivity.
About 20,000 Comcast customers in Berkeley and beyond lost internet, TV and other services Sunday night after vandals in Richmond cut through multiple lines of fiber optic cables.