Moving to a new place? Comcast wants to help with your ‘digital’ move

By Chris Reidy, Globe Staff

As one of the busiest moving periods of the year approaches, Comcast Corp. is promoting its Movers Edge program as a way of making a move to a new home a little less stressful.

In the Internet age, though, moving isn’t just about filling out change-of-address forms and hauling sofas and book-cases from Point A to Point B; it’s also about moving an individual’s “digital” presence, says Comcast, a company that provides of a range of entertainment and information services such as Internet service and cable TV.

According to Comcast, its Movers Edge program is designed to reduce the stress of a person’s “digital” move by ensuring that people can get their Xfinity TV, Internet, and phone services up and running quickly in their new homes.

To that end, Comcast has set up a special Web page at http://www.comcast.com/move-transfer.html that connects consumers to specialists who can answer questions about either setting up or transferring a customer’s Xfinity services.

“With more than 68 percent of households having broadband access, today’s connected consumer views having Internet, cable, and phone service in a new home just as much a priority as things like electricity and hot water,” Tom Karinshak, a Comcast senior vice president of customer experience, said in a statement.