----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rod Beck" <rod.b...@unitedcablecompany.com>
> Hey Gang, > > How do the cable companies generally deliver this service? A friend insists it > piggybacks off the WIFI radios of existing cable company subscribers. In other > words, the cable company WIFI router in a flat is providing both a private > link > for the flat's subscriber, but also a public hotspot service. > > I concede it is possible, but I am skeptical that the high quality of hotspot > service we get here in Budapest could be achieved that way. Spectrum, formerly Bright House, and I don't think they did it when they were still Road Runner/TWC, does it by splitting the RF into a separate Surfboard and a Ruckus AP; all they borrow from the business customer in question is a couple watts of AC and a square foot of backboard -- if you have one; they'll put the AP wherever is high enough and clear enough. The tradeoff is you get to use all the other ones. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274