Yeah to everyone in your neighborhood.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/...to-Learn-Their-Routers-Offer-Free-WiFi-127632
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/...to-Learn-Their-Routers-Offer-Free-WiFi-127632
Comcast Users Shocked to Learn Their Routers Offer Free Wi-Fi
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I see this as the future of cell phones. Eventually everyone will share their signal with everybody else for more affordable cell phone usage and better coverage. It could even lead to cable/landline companies expanding to areas that they are not even at currently. Cable/landline companies can get into the cell phone business cheaply this way.
I don't see that happening with cell phones. You'll have situations with marginal signals, someone 100 feet away (acting unknowingly as a hop) might decide to leave and kill your call. You'll be wondering why the hell you are standing still and the call cut out. Not sure about you, but I usually don't have calls cut out while standing still.
Oh wow, saw one of these the other day in my neighborhood. Thought it was just some idiot that didn't know how to secure their wifi. I'm on comcast biz and am certainly glad that I own non-comcast modem, routers & AP's.
Now I got to switch over to the neighbor and try this out.
Now I got to switch over to the neighbor and try this out.
I wondered why I was seeing the xfinity ssid in so many places. It shows as open but you do need a comcast ID to use it.
This is why I've always owned my own modem & router (as two separate devices, of course). It's cheaper in the long run, and you know just what you're getting.
It seems like this is Comcast's way to get more people to go over their data caps unknowingly.
It seems like this is Comcast's way to get more people to go over their data caps unknowingly.
They say this data doesn't count against your data cap. Still I wouldn't want my neighbors slowing my connection down. I used to own my own modem until the switch to DOCIS 3.0. Charter makes you use theirs now unless you already have one activated. They did remove the monthly modem rental fee though. I do own my own router and always have. I upgrade those too often to be tied to whatever they provide.
Routers and modems are always on. The only way you would lose connection us if people unplug them which the majority don't do. If there are enough signals in the area then there should be good signal when moving around. The main issue would be transitioning from one signal to another as you are moving around.
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I can confirm that if you are running one of these public connections it doesn't count against your cap. I'm on business so I don't have a cap, but if I did I wonder if accessing someone else's Xfinity free hotspot would be counted against my data usage? I'd bet it does.
The first thing I did when I got on the neighbor's xfinity hotspot was to run speedtest and try to take all his bandwidth. Who knows what other people will do or download. What if someone uses it to do something illegal? The IP is going to trace to you and the feds will kick down your door and black bag you, maybe sort it out down the road. I'm sure the first thing they always hear with something like this is "someone else must have accessed my connection" lol
It wasn't too long ago that comcast sent me more than one notice that I should get their new modem/wifi because my old one isn't fast enough for the service I have. Pretty obvious now that their nice offer would have turned me into a free wifi hotspot. I'll stick with my old linksys modem, it is more than fast enough for my needs.
