Move over Bells: Comcast Corporation Becomes the Fourth-Largest Phone Service Provider...

Move over Bells: Comcast Corporation Becomes the Fourth-Largest Phone Service Provider in the U.S.

PHILADELPHIA--(Business Wire)--Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq:CMCSK) (Nasdaq:CMCSA), the nation's
leading provider of entertainment, information and communications,
today announced it has become the fourth-largest residential phone
service provider in the United States.

The announcement comes less than three years after having
officially launched Comcast Digital Voice(R), an innovative
alternative to the plain old telephone service traditionally offered
by the Bells. Comcast Digital Voice is the first true home phone
replacement service to deliver a seamless and converged communications
experience across all of Comcast's services (including cable and
high-speed Internet) and customers' devices.

"Comcast Digital Voice is the fastest-growing home phone service
in the country and we're reinventing the way consumers think of home
phone service in the process," said Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and CEO
of Comcast Corporation. "Our rapid rollout of advanced services like
Comcast Digital Voice has enabled us to transform Comcast into the
only company in the U.S. to offer integrated video, high-speed
Internet and phone services to more than 40 million households."

This year Comcast will roll out a number of major enhancements to
Comcast Digital Voice service that will be integrated with Comcast's
video and high-speed Internet services, including:

-- Universal Caller ID to the TV and PC - customers can view
caller information while watching TV or using their computer.

-- SmartZone(TM) Communications Center - a central online
location where Comcast customers can use "viewable voicemail"
to listen to calls or forward them like email, send and
receive email and, in the future, remotely program their DVRs.

-- Enhanced Cordless Telephone - that will enable home phone
users to check email and voicemail, send instant messages and
access a "universal" personal address book as well as a yellow
pages directory.

In addition, Comcast Business Class Digital Voice is now widely
available to small businesses.

Comcast Digital Voice is an award-winning(a) and reliable phone
service that packs better features than traditional phone companies
for a better price. Customers can save hundreds of dollars annually on
home phone service from Comcast when compared to similar offers from
the RBOCs. According to a recent study by Microeconomic Consulting and
Research Associates (MiCRA), phone competition resulting from cable's
entrance into residential and business marketplace will save consumers
more than $100 billion over the next five years. Consumers have
already saved $23.5 billion, including $13 billion in 2007 alone.

Comcast Digital Voice service includes:

-- Unlimited local and domestic long distance direct-dial calling
- including calls to Canada and Puerto Rico - with competitive
international rates to more than 200 countries.

-- 12 popular calling features plus enhanced voicemail - includes
3-way calling, call waiting and caller ID for no additional
charge.

-- 911/E911.

-- Battery backup that lasts up to 8 hours during power outages.

-- Compatibility with a majority of home alarm systems including
industry-leaders ADT and Brink's.

-- Ability to retain existing telephone numbers when switching
from another provider.

-- Professional installation.

(a) Winner of Frost & Sullivan's 2007 Customer Value Enhancement
Award for IP Communications Services.

For a webcast of Chairman and CEO Brian L. Roberts' CES keynote
address and for additional press information on Comcast announcements
at CES, please visit www.comcast.com/ces.

About Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq:CMCSA) (Nasdaq:CMCSK)
(http://www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of
entertainment, information and communications products and services.
With 24.2 million cable customers, 12.9 million high-speed Internet
customers, and 4.1 million voice customers, Comcast is principally
involved in the development, management and operation of broadband
cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.

Comcast's content networks and investments include E!
Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4,
AZN Television, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, ten regional Comcast
SportsNets and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates
Comcast's Internet business. Comcast also has a majority ownership in
Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia
Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and
two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

Comcast Corporation
Charlie Douglas, 215-264-8020
press_ces@comcast.com
Lynsey Grady, 267-257-2812
press_ces@comcast.com

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