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Comcast XFinity routers have been doing this for years too. https://money.cnn.com/2014/06/16/technology/security/comcast-wifi-hotspot/ https://money.cnn.com/201

Comcast XFinity routers have been doing this for years too. https://money.cnn.com/2014/06/16/technology/security/comcast-wifi-hotspot/ https://money.cnn.com/2014/06/16/technology/security/comcast... I wonder how many other companies may be already doing it?

gnicholas 5y ago
What Comcast is doing is different because they're the ISP and they're managing the sharing. So the bandwidth that is used by outsiders is not counted against your data cap. Also, the sharing doesn't count against your maximum allowed upload/download speeds. It's possible that Comcast's sharing could contribute to congestion, but this is different from having devices that your ISP doesn't know don't belong to you taking up some of your bandwidth and monthly caps.
- jrochkind1 5y ago
  oh good point