>Is this a result of net neutrality rules being over? Or net privacy rules being over? No, people have been speculating about cable providers jumping into the

>Is this a result of net neutrality rules being over? Or net privacy rules being over? No, people have been speculating about cable providers jumping into the MVNO game long before the current administration. It was logical once there was a lot of hotspots deployed. You need to look at more recent developments, like LTE-U getting approved: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_in_unlicensed_spectrum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_in_unlicensed_spectrum > Also what are the implications of Comcast subscribers already using Xfinity hotspots for free? Maybe/likely the voice traffic is QoS'd, maybe hotspot service gets a little slower when lots of subscribers are on the access point.