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Cable Services
We offer a variety of cable services over our cable distribution system to residential and business customers. Subscription rates
and related charges vary according to the services and features customers receive and the type of equipment they use, and
customers are typically billed in advance on a monthly basis. Residential cable services customers may generally discontinue
service at any time, while business customers may only discontinue service in accordance with the terms of their contracts, which
typically have 2 to 5 year terms.
The Areas We Serve
The map below highlights our footprint as of December 31, 2014 and the designated market areas (“DMAs”)
in which we offer cable
services that have 125,000 or more video customers. The number of high-
speed Internet customers in these DMAs is substantially
similar to the number of our video customers. The locations that are bolded represent the markets we operate in that are also
included in the top 25 U.S. TV markets as of December 31, 2014.
Video Services
We offer a broad variety of video services under the XFINITY brand, with access to hundreds of channels depending on the
customer’
s level of service. Our levels of service typically range from a limited basic service with access to between 20 and
40 channels to a full digital service with access to over 300 channels. Our video services generally include programming provided
by national broadcast networks, local broadcast stations, and national and regional cable networks, as well as governmental and
public access programming. Our digital video services generally include access to our On Demand service and an interactive, on-
screen program guide. We also offer packages that include extensive amounts of foreign-
language programming, and we offer
other specialty tiers of programming with sports, family and international themes. We tailor our video services for a particular
geographic area according to applicable local and federal regulatory requirements, programming preferences and demographics.
Our video customers may also subscribe to premium network programming. Premium networks include cable networks such as
HBO, Showtime, Starz and Cinemax that generally offer, without commercial interruption, movies, original programming, live and
taped sporting events and concerts, and other features.
Our On Demand service provides our digital video customers with almost 55,000 programming choices, including 20,000 in high
definition. A substantial portion of our On Demand content is available to our digital
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