Ask HN: Did Comcast just screw me over? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Did Comcast just screw me over?

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Post by _RPM » Fri, Mar 18, 2016, 9:44 PM UTC

manyxcxi wrote: post #9

blcArmadillo wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just bought http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AJHDZSI to use with Comcast. I've only had it for a month but haven't had any issues with it so far.

That's exactly the one I bought. I've never had a moment's issue with it. No WiFi, no IP phone, just power, a coax connection, and an ethernet jack. Works great, I got a couple extra MB/s in speed tests and save the $10-$20/mo Comcast is charging to borrow their pieces of crap.

You have to hook up a router to it right? It just provides the upstream connection, you could of course hook your computer up to it, but how did you do it?

Re: Ask HN: Did Comcast just screw me over?

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Post by blcArmadillo » Sat, Mar 19, 2016, 3:39 AM UTC

_RPM wrote: post #11

manyxcxi wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's exactly the one I bought. I've never had a moment's issue with it. No WiFi, no IP phone, just power, a coax connection, and an ethernet jack. Works great, I got a couple extra MB/s in speed tests and save the $10-$20/mo Comcast is charging to borrow their pieces of crap.

You have to hook up a router to it right? It just provides the upstream connection, you could of course hook your computer up to it, but how did you do it?

Correct, it's just the modem. I then connected a router for WiFi and hardwired connections.

Re: Ask HN: Did Comcast just screw me over?

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Post by dan-silver » Wed, Mar 23, 2016, 2:36 AM UTC

hijinks wrote: post #10

PythonDeveloper wrote: post #2

If there are external antennae on the unit, just unscrew them and that will effectively disable the wifi radio since it can't attenuate.

if OP has the same modem as I do they are internal. I use to have this on/off war with comcast as the SSID kept getting turned back on. I finally just bought my own modem and was done with it.

That's correct. They are internal on this model. Even if they were external, I still want my wifi network, just not the public hotspot so disabling all wifi wouldn't help.