Sure, why not. They are the largest cable company in the US and have a large small business community already using their internet access.
Announced in November 07 and now gaining traction is Comcast’s business email, collaboration, document sharing, and IP services. Oh, and did I mention it is free up to 8 users and only $3.99 - $6.99 beyond that?
Feels and looks like a MSP offering to me. Take a look at the benefits they are expounding:
• Enabling SMB teams to share documents and access calendars, track tasks, and use e-mail efficiently and effectively through corporate-class productivity and collaboration solutions based on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
• Removing barriers of up-front costs, help desk support and ongoing system maintenance, which often prevent SMBs from experiencing the benefits of corporate-grade IT services
• Extending the boundaries of the “office” to anywhere there’s Internet access
• Improving communication by letting SMBs extend access to these collaboration tools, such as document sharing, to important business partners or suppliers
• Providing full integration with Comcast’s network and around-the-clock support
Certainly sounds like words that could come out of the mouth of any local MSPs sales associate, but they have a list of warm leads unlike anything any of us could ever produce.
On the positive side, I don’t think they can or will get the service right. I know my small business customers demand a higher level of service and support that “reboot your router and wait 30 seconds”!
JC
