Comcast of the District Celebrates the Grand Opening of Its Newly Renovated Technology and Customer Service Center

Comcast of the District Celebrates the Grand Opening of Its Newly Renovated Technology and Customer Service Center

D.C. City Administrator Robert Bobb, Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr., and D.C. Chamber of Commerce President Barbara Lang Among Local Leaders Marking Grand Opening Celebration

WASHINGTON, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast of the District today announced the grand opening of its newly renovated technology and customer service center located at 900 Michigan Avenue, NE, Washington, D.C., 20017. Comcast invested more than $10 Million to purchase the building and renovate more than 35,000 square feet of the building, which houses nearly 200 employees including customer service personnel and technicians. The renovations include a new customer service and payment center and new local Comcast call center to handle customer inquiries from across the District.

The Comcast technology and customer service center houses more than 85 technicians and a fleet of 115 trucks and service vehicles used to serve customer needs across the District. These technicians work to service and maintain nearly 1,000 miles of Comcast's cable plant across the city.

Comcast celebrated the grand opening of the newly renovated building with tours for local elected officials and leaders including District of Columbia City Administrator Robert Bobb, Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr., D.C. Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Barbara Lang and other local government, business and civic leaders.

"We are thrilled that Comcast continues to make an impactful commitment to the District through a strong local presence in their state-of-the-art facilities and by creating local jobs to strengthen our workforce in the District. We are also pleased that Comcast continues to lend its resources as a leading philanthropic business partner to our local schools and many community-based organizations across the District," said District of Columbia City Administrator Robert Bobb.

"Comcast continues to make The District a better place for everyone to live and work as both a local business partner and communications provider," said Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr. "We are especially excited to have Comcast call Ward 5 home in The District as they play such an exciting part in the ongoing economic development and renaissance in this part of the city in unveiling their newly renovated facility."

"Comcast is proud of the great strides we have made since we began offering service in The District of Columbia from launching cutting-edge new products and services to improving customer service," said Comcast of the District Vice President & General Manager Tony Hollinger. "Our newly renovated technology and customer service center is a shining example of our commitment to the District as we continue to work to provide our customers with the best that the cable industry has to offer."

Comcast has invested more than $72 Million in upgrading its cable system infrastructure in Washington, D.C. to deliver the most robust broadband services available to residents. The Comcast fiber-optic upgrade project is more than 99% complete in The District delivering Comcast customers with better system reliability, and numerous other new products and services, such

as Comcast High-Speed Internet, HDTV services, Digital Video Recorder (DVR), and On Demand services.

About Comcast

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA)(NASDAQ:CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com/) is the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 21.5 million cable customers and 7 million high-speed Internet customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks and in the delivery of programming content.

The Company's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, Outdoor Life Network, G4, AZN Television, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One and four Comcast SportsNets. The Company 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's Washington Metro/Virginia Region serves close to one million households in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Northern Virginia, and the Richmond Metropolitan Area. The company has invested more than $600 million throughout the Region to upgrade more than 9,000 miles of fiber-optic cable.

Source: Comcast

CONTACT: Mitchell Schmale, +1-877-248-8803 or mschmale@nevinspr.com, for Comcast

Web site: http://www.comcast.com/

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