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<div>It occurs to me that land used to erect
and operate an antenna (to include huge cell phone antennas) is
not had for free; the antenna operator either leases or buys that
land. In my view, this should be no different: opt-in in
exchange for a discount...and the broadband operator shouldn't
have the only say as to how much of a discount; that should
perhaps fall into a PSC's wheelhouse.<br>
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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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