My issue with the "free" wifi that comcast is forcing into our homes and businesses is that it's also interfering with our own access points in the same building!
- Michael On 9/10/2015 7:56 AM, Livingood, Jason wrote: > If you run across any you think are terribly placed, feel free to email > Corey and Ken with the location and your thoughts on better placement. > > - Jason > > > > > On 9/9/15, 10:31 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Mike Hammett" > <nanog-boun...@nanog.org on behalf of na...@ics-il.net> wrote: > >> Usually terribly placed, like a shotgun blast instead of strategic >> locations. >> >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> Midwest Internet Exchange >> http://www.midwest-ix.com >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Mike Lyon" <mike.l...@gmail.com> >> To: "Phil Bedard" <bedard.p...@gmail.com> >> Cc: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 9:23:46 PM >> Subject: Re: WiFI on utility poles >> >> And they are as annoying as f*&k! and litter the already noisy 5 Ghz >> unlicensed band, Hopefully, the sun will fry them dead over time. >> >> -Mike >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Phil Bedard <bedard.p...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> There are Comcast people on the list who may have more info, but it¹s >>> just >>> expansion of their WiFi hotspot network and part of the CableWifi >>> consortium. http://www.cablewifi.com, or you can go to >>> http://wifi.xfinity.com to see Comcast¹s specific deployment. >>> >>> Cable companies have thousands of strand-mount Wifi APs deployed at >>> this >>> point. >>> >>> >>> Phil >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: NANOG on behalf of "Michael T. Voity" >>> Organization: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College >>> Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 21:52 >>> To: <nanog@nanog.org> >>> Subject: Re: WiFI on utility poles >>> >>>> Sorry folks, attachment didn't work. Here is the link - >>>> >>>> https://www.uvm.edu/~mvoity/pole.JPG >>>> >>>> -Mike >>>> >>>> Michael Voity >>>> University of Vermont >>>> >>>> On 9/9/15 9:24 PM, Michael T. Voity wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> Today another colleague and I discovered the famous 'xfinitywifi' >>> ,'CableWIFi', 'CoxWiFi' and a new one 'XFINITY' on our University >>> campus. >>> After doing some poking around on campus we found these gems (attached >>> picture) on 2 utility poles that pass by our east campus. Standing >>> underneath it I got a -46 RSSI in both 5 and 2.4Ghz, maybe 75-100 yards >>> away inside our hockey fieldhouse, through lots of brick, cinder blocks >>> and metal, I was still picking the 2.4Ghz at -64. >>>>> >>>>> Looks like the unit is getting power from the coax. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> My question is, I've done a little poking around and have not found >>> anything substantial to learn more information about this Comcast >>> program. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Any insight would be nice! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Michael Voity >>>>> University of Vermont >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Mike Lyon >> 408-621-4826 >> mike.l...@gmail.com >> >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/mlyon >> >> >
