About Us
Our Legacy
Comcast was founded in 1963 as a single-system cable operation of 1,200 subscribers. Since then we’ve grown to be the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services with 24.4 million cable customers, 14.7 million high-speed Internet customers and 6.1 million digital voice customers in 39 states and the District of Columbia.
Comcast Cable Communications
Headquarters:
Website: |
Philadelphia, PA
www.comcast.com
business.comcast.com |
Stock Symbols
Employees |
(NASDAQ) CMCSA, CMCSK
100,000 total nationwide |
Our History
The evolution of a network.
| 1963 |
Company founded with the purchase of 1,200-subscriber cable system in Tupelo, MS |
| 1962 |
First public stock offering |
| 1986 |
Comcast doubles in size to 1.2 million cable customers with the purchase of 26% of Group W Cable |
| 1988 |
Comcast purchases 50 percent of Storer Communications, Inc., making Comcast the fifth largest cable operator |
| 1994 |
Comcast acquires Maclean Hunter’s U.S. cable operations, adding 550,000 customers |
| 1995 |
Microsoft invests $1 billion in Comcast |
| 1997 |
Comcast acquires Jones Intercable, Inc., gaining 1.1 million customers |