Less than 1 month after introducing the DVR in the Bay Area, Comcast reached the 10K customer mark. The market gained national attention last month when TiVo gave away more than 2K DVRs after learning that, due to demand, Bay Area customers were waiting 2-3 weeks for installation of Comcast’s DVR service. The MSO scored a bonus when it awarded its 10Kth customer, Joann Larkin of Sunnyvale, CA, a flat screen HD television. Turns out Larkin recently traded in her satellite dish for Comcast digital cable.

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