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Comcast does this with their customers' cable modems (every cable modem broadcasts a Comcast network that any Comcast customer can use). It's somewhat evil and
by hueving 10y ago
Comcast does this with their customers' cable modems (every cable modem broadcasts a Comcast network that any Comcast customer can use). It's somewhat evil and clever because it encourages you to use Comcast over and equivalent service because of the Internet access you get while out and about. They've given choosing an ISP a network effect.
- noer 10y agoYou can turn that hotspot off on your own device: https://www.xfinity.com/support/internet/disable-xfinity-wifi-home-hotspot/ https://www.xfinity.com/support/internet/disable-xfinity-wif...