Comcast is preparing for Olympics fever with plans to deliver an “unparalleled” experience to users of Xfinity X1, Stream, and – most importantly – Flex. ‘Flex floated to Comcast flagship’ reads a February 2021 headline from Faultline, published days after comments from CEO Dave Watson that put the new Flex ecosystem on a pedestal of embodying Comcast’s entire strategy of video streaming, content aggregation and broadband. Tough words for X1 to hear about its younger compatriot, but a sign that the decision to send free Flex devices to broadband-only subscribers last year, during the height of the pandemic, is a strategy that has been paying off. Plans have been underway for an expansion outside of Comcast’s own broadband footprint to…