[ale] OT: Comcast Wi-Fi

Thu Apr 24 16:04:03 EDT 2014

ditto. but it has no wireless built in.

On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 3:59 PM, dev null zero two <dev.null.02 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have Comcast Biz, I can't buy my own iirc : [
>
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> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at dsservices.com>wrote:
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>>  You don’t have to “rent” at all.  You can buy your own (as I did years
>> ago).
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>> A recent post on this list said that you can still buy your own but they
>> make you bring the receipt to them to prove you “own” it.
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>> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *dev
>> null zero two
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 24, 2014 3:47 PM
>> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
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>> *Subject:* Re: [ale] OT: Comcast Wi-Fi
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>>
>> good luck renting a DOCSIS 3.0 modem only from Comcast. afaik they only
>> offer all-in-one router/modem gateway for rental for DOCSIS 3.0. you can
>> almost always have them enable true bridge mode though which disables all
>> router functionality though.
>>
>>
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>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at dsservices.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Or you could have a separate cable modem and router instead of an all in
>> one.  My guess is that in the all in one even if you own it they’re able to
>> configure it to allow others to use the WiFi.   With a separate router
>> they’d have to hack through the modem into the WiFi to offer it.   I doubt
>> they’re going through that much effort even if they had people smart enough
>> to do so.
>>
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>> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Boris
>> Borisov
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 24, 2014 3:26 PM
>> *To:* Michael H. Warfield; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>> *Subject:* Re: [ale] OT: Comcast Wi-Fi
>>
>>
>>
>> So I can get additional bandwidth for my video streaming or this shares
>> mine ...
>>
>> I have to call them ... Who pays electricity bill :)
>>
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>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 2014-04-24 at 14:40 -0400, Boris Borisov wrote:
>> > Yesterday I've noticed Comcast silently enabled additional wireless
>> > network on my cable router named "xfinitywifi". I didn't get the
>> > reason behind the idea but is open with web based login. Someone else
>> > with same issue.
>>
>> Congratulations.  You just became the newest member of the Comcast
>> wireless internet cafe provider club.  Someone with a Comcast login can
>> now log in through the Comcast app gateway and take advantage of their
>> expanded WiFi footprint through your free bandwidth that they're
>> offering up!
>>
>> This has been mentioned in a number of forums over the last several
>> months.  I don't recall if you can or how you opt-out of them offering
>> your bandwidth to all comers.  Since I don't have Comcast, I can not
>> test and say for sure from first hand experience.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mike
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