In 1850 the average work week was 70 hours, in 1900 the average work week was 60 hours and in 1920 the average work week was 50 hours. In the 1840s unions began working for a 10 hour day. Agitation for the eight hour day began after the Civil War. Congress passed an eight hour law on June 25, 1868, but it was largely ignored.
Customers subscribing to eligible Triple Play bundles will receive the new, 3x faster Performance Pro speeds, and all new and existing customers with Blast! speed tiers will have their speeds go from 105 Mbps to 150 Mbps, an almost 50 percent increase.
Comcast has been asked if these speed increases in California are available to other markets yet, or if the MSO intends to extend the speed upgrade to other systems around the nation. Update: Comcast confirmed that California is the first market to introduce Performance Pro at 100 Mbps, and Blast Pro at 200 Mbps. The operator also noted that it increases speeds regularly every year and that the California announcement marks its first speed increase for 2016.