Comcast Tweaks Pre-Paid Internet Trial

Comcast has made a small, but potentially big change, to a pre-paid Internet service it’s testing in the Philadelphia area that suggests a broader rollout could be in the making.

After testing out a sales model that relied on more than 70 local wireless and consumer electronics stores to distribute and sell starter kits comprised of a cable modem, the necessary cables and an activation code good for 30 days of Internet service, the website that promotes the offer has shed the retail option in favor of a new call-in number. Also gone from the site are mentions that the offer is limited to parts of Philadelphia, Delaware and New Jersey. But the site does tell visitors that the pre-paid offer is not available when plugging in addresses and zip codes in Comcast markets that are outside the Philadelphia region.