Comcast Helps Power the Digital Home With New Xfinity Home Security Service

MANCHESTER, N.H., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast, one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information, and communications products and services, today announced it has expanded its new home security business throughout southern New Hampshire from Peterborough to Portsmouth.

Xfinity Home Security offers traditional home security components, like police and fire alarm protection backed by 24/7 professional monitoring, as well as the ability to adjust digital thermostats, turn lights on or off and watch secure live streaming video from wireless cameras while away from home. The service also comes with the Xfinity Security app, which is available for free on Apple's iTunes App Store®.

"Xfinity Home Security brings digital home monitoring to a new level," said Mitch Bowling, Senior Vice President and General Manager of New Businesses for Comcast. "It comes with a range of broadband-based technologies that empower customers to stay better connected to their home virtually anytime, anywhere."

"Xfinity Home Security is a great addition to our innovative product suite," said Steve Hackley, Senior Vice President of Comcast's Greater Boston Region, which includes New Hampshire.  "New Hampshire consumers now have access to a service that not only provides security and peace of mind, but also enables households to manage their energy usage by controlling lights as well as thermostats and saves money on home insurance.  We believe that the feature set, security and value of Xfinity Home Security is unmatched."

Xfinity Home Security offers consumers the ability to create personalized settings that can do things like provide real-time e-mail or text alerts when doors open or close or when motion detectors report activity occurring inside or outside of the home. In addition, the service comes with a tablet-like touch screen with a menu of widgets that allow access to the latest weather, news, traffic, and sports scores.

In addition to 24/7 professional monitoring, Xfinity Home Security provides customers the ability to:

• watch live streaming video of their home via video wireless video cameras;
• access security controls remotely via a Web portal or the Xfinity Security app for the iPhone;
• manage home utilities like digital thermostats and lights;
• have more peace of mind since both battery and wireless backup helps ensure customers remain fully protected even in the event of a power outage.

Today's launch follows a successful rollout of Xfinity Home Security in the Manchester area last month.

Today, Comcast is selling the Xfinity Home Security Preferred Package for as low as $39.95 per month. Xfinity Home Security customers will also be eligible to receive up to a 20 percent discount on their homeowners' insurance. Visit www.xfinity.com/homesecurity for more information on pricing, equipment and additional features.

About Comcast Cable
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communications products and services. Comcast is principally involved in the operation of cable systems through Comcast Cable and in the development, production and distribution of entertainment, news, sports and other content for global audiences through NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential and business customers. Comcast is the majority owner and manager of NBCUniversal, which owns and operates entertainment and news cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, local television station groups, television production operations, a major motion picture company and theme parks.

SOURCE Comcast Cable

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