Comcast on its way to smooth landing in Memphis

Comcast on its way to smooth landing in Memphis, officials hope for easy transition

Memphis Business Journal - September 22, 2006 by Michael Sheffield

Comcast has finally begun the transition into the Memphis market, and the company is hitting the ground running in an effort to make as seamless a change as possible for cable and digital phone customers.

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. . . Eric Mathews, former director of the FedEx Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis and founder of Mercury Technology Labs, says the growth of On Demand shows that cable providers are listening to the demands of consumers.

"What is very clear is that consumers have spoken. It's an On Demand world and who provides the content is a point of competition now," Mathews says. "Who will win in the future remains to be seen." . . .