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Comcast in the US (idk ++millions of users) by default enables a 2nd WiFi network that is open to all of their subscribers. Is convenient, amusing, and annoying
by sbr464 7y ago
Comcast in the US (idk ++millions of users) by default enables a 2nd WiFi network that is open to all of their subscribers. Is convenient, amusing, and annoying, depending on perspective.
- DaiPlusPlus 7y agoTo be fair - it is rate-limited and QoS-managed and traffic doesn’t count towards your usage limit (if you have one). Back when I was a Comcast customer I did find it useful when I was in an area with no - or too slow - mobile-data connections.
- rhinoceraptor 7y agoAlso, I believe using other people's xfinitywifi doesn't count towards your bandwidth.
- iso1631 7y agoBT in the UK does a similar thing - called "Fon" I assume that traffic on that network is always qossed to lowest priority, but I've never used it (I don't use a BT router)
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- lozaning 7y agoI glad to hear that Fon is still around. Back when they were giving out free AP's I snagged a couple and they were my first foray into hardware hacking. Neat little devices, I always felt a bit guilty about not using them to actually deploy fon hotspots.
- londons_explore 7y agoA year or two ago they sent an email to all of us with 1st gen FON hardware and said they were retiring it and that we'd have to buy a new one. I didn't. They never disabled my account - I not get worldwide FON roaming for free forever - yay!
- opless 7y agoVirgin Media do this too, your box is by default something like VM123456-[2|5]G and an (optional) 'community' hotspot (like FON) of VirginMedia