Adventures of Comcast Bonnie

Another day, another blog post, another cool thing to share with you guys!

We've soft launched (haven't made a big deal, basically) our new Comcast Secure Backup & Share service for our customers.

This is cool for those of you who need to put something 2gb and under "somewhere". Portable apps, maybe some pictures you wanted to share, documents, whatever! Here's some of the specifics from what I've been told so far:

Comcast Secure Backup and Share is an easy, secure, and reliable way to back up and share all of your important files. Now, you can access your files from anywhere with an Internet connection for easy sharing. You can download the Comcast Secure Backup and Share application and have convenient access to the Comcast Vault. Components of solution include:

1. Comcast Secure Backup & Share PC application – downloaded to the PC during product registration. Used to backup files and restore files. Application can be downloaded on multiple PCs so that files from each computer can be backed up.
   
   
2. Comcast Vault – Secure Online storage of backed up files. You can access their Comcast Vault through any Internet Connection for downloading or sharing.

Comcast Secure Backup & Share features include:

• Automatic backup can be scheduled
• Bandwidth throttling and block level incremental backups
• A secure online backup and storage utility
• An easy upload and retrieval mechanism
• Remote access to your files from any internet connection
• Ability to share content from the vault to family and friends

• Comcast High-Speed Internet subscription – Primary account must complete registration
• 133 MHz processor
• 64 MB RAM
• Windows 2000, XP, Vista SP1 or SP2, or Windows 7
• Either Internet Explorer 7 or later, Firefox 3.0 or later
• (No word on when there will be Mac support, sad to say!!!)
  

• You must be a Primary High-Speed internet subscriber to purchase the service.
• After purchase is made, any secondary can download the product. A secondary UID’s backed up content will contribute to overall storage purchased by primary, though the files will be stored in your own private vault.
• Each UID can download CSB&S desktop application to multiple PCs
• Due to copyright concerns, music files can be backed up, but not shared.

Here's a bit of news to start the day:

Starting today, Comcast will begin trialing a service in several markets called “Domain Helper,” which will impact approximately 3 million Comcast net subscribers. This service will be automatically turned on for customers who live in the following markets

* Portland
* Denver
* Houston
* Seattle
* North Arizona
* Utah
* New Mexico


Domain Helper causes a Comcast-customized error page to display, instead of a standard 404 error page, when a user misspells a website URL or types in any non-existent URL, for example http://www.comtcas.com. Most other major ISPs are providing this same service including Verizon, TWC, Cox, Charter and Earthlink.
Got a question about it? Thoughts? Let me know in the comments!

UPDATE: To Opt-Out of this service, go to https://dns-opt-out.comcast.net