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New submitter green453 writes: 'As a Houston resident with limited
home broadband options, I found the following interesting: Dwight
Silverman of the Houston Chronicle reports (warning: paywalled)
that Comcast plans to turn 50,000 home routers into public Wi-Fi
hotspots without their users providing consent. Comcast plans to
eventually convert 150,000 home routers into a city-wide WiFi
network. A similar post (with no paywall) by the same author on
the SeattlePI Tech Blog explains the change. From the post on
SeattlePI: "What's interesting about this move is that, by
default, the feature is being turned on without its subscribers'
prior consent. It's an opt-out system – you have to take action to
not participate. Comcast spokesman Michael Bybee said on Monday
that notices about the hotspot feature were mailed to customers a
few weeks ago, and email notifications will go out after it's
turned on. But it's a good bet that this will take many Comcast
customers by surprise."' This follows similar efforts in Chicago
and the Twin Cities.
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