Comcast Expands Prepaid Internet Trial

Comcast has quietly expanded the reach of a prepaid Internet service it’s been testing in the Philadelphia area to the vast majority of the MSO’s markets.

Comcast now supports the trial service to eligible households in most of the MSO’s service areas, including Denver; Chicago; Seattle; Salt Lake City; Albuquerque; Detroit; Baltimore; Boston; Atlanta; Houston; Minneapolis; and Pittsburgh, among several others. Although the site indicates that eligible households can currently order the prepaid product, a move that opens up the MSO to a potential new revenue source, Comcast said the offering remains in trial mode. Comcast continues “to test this particular channel to study our operational readiness, communications and customer education to learn more,” an MSO spokesman said.