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Re: Xfinity WiFi Home Hotspot FAQs

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Post by pliny »

300bps wrote: post #9

Essentially you have two WiFi networks in your house. What they call your "private WiFi" network and the Xfinity WiFi network. The biggest question I have is - do they both utilize the same publicly facing IP address? This brings up some interesting questions. Consider 6 residents in an apartment building, each with their own Comcast Internet connection. I utilize my private network and the other 5 people for whateve…

IIRC the MO for raiding nonviolent criminals is first to find and kill any dogs in the residence, so it really just depends where the barking is coming from.

Re: Xfinity WiFi Home Hotspot FAQs

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Post by LarryMade2 »

I've used it, my local network connection was down and I found there was a wireless Comcast hotspot available.

I figured that was the case (Comcast wifi piggybacking on someones business/residential connection) but wasn't sure. It's not from me as I'm using my own modem and router.

There's a an interactive wi-fi location map on the Comcast page that shows where hotspots are, two are in town so far.

Re: Xfinity WiFi Home Hotspot FAQs

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Post by maaku »

pliny wrote: post #21
300bps wrote: post #9

Essentially you have two WiFi networks in your house. What they call your "private WiFi" network and the Xfinity WiFi network. The biggest question I have is - do they both utilize the same publicly facing IP address? This brings up some interesting questions. Consider 6 residents in an apartment building, each with their own Comcast Internet connection. I utilize my private network and the other 5 people for whateve…

IIRC the MO for raiding nonviolent criminals is first to find and kill any dogs in the residence, so it really just depends where the barking is coming from.

So who's held legally liable for my dead dog?

Re: Xfinity WiFi Home Hotspot FAQs

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Post by cbhl »

pktgen wrote: post #17
justincormack wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also you have to use their crappy router with DNS hijacking.

Heh. Is there such a thing as a consumer ISP-supplied router that isn't a total POS? Does BT not let you override their DNS servers? I don't know why ISPs seem to think DNS hijacking is such a good idea. I find it hard to believe they could make any substantial amount of money on it, it just pisses people off.

The average customer probably doesn't know what DNS is, let alone that switching to a server that doesn't to DNS hijacking will make the search pages go away.

Re: Xfinity WiFi Home Hotspot FAQs

#27

Post by toomuchtodo »

maaku wrote: post #24
pliny wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IIRC the MO for raiding nonviolent criminals is first to find and kill any dogs in the residence, so it really just depends where the barking is coming from.

So who's held legally liable for my dead dog?

No one.

Re: Xfinity WiFi Home Hotspot FAQs

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Post by pliny »

maaku wrote: post #24
pliny wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IIRC the MO for raiding nonviolent criminals is first to find and kill any dogs in the residence, so it really just depends where the barking is coming from.

So who's held legally liable for my dead dog?

Whoever signed for the internet.

Re: Xfinity WiFi Home Hotspot FAQs

#29

Post by tomarr »

beagle3 wrote: post #20

Does anyone who have this (or any of the other similar systems) know if you the other people go out with your public IP or not? If so, comcast/bt/bezeq has just killed all association between ip and identity (not that there was much to begin with, but there was)

BT's has different IP/wireless network for the owner and the public users piggybacking off it. Public is also restricted to I think 512kb/s

Re: Xfinity WiFi Home Hotspot FAQs

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Post by mpclark »

pktgen wrote: post #17
justincormack wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also you have to use their crappy router with DNS hijacking.

Heh. Is there such a thing as a consumer ISP-supplied router that isn't a total POS? Does BT not let you override their DNS servers? I don't know why ISPs seem to think DNS hijacking is such a good idea. I find it hard to believe they could make any substantial amount of money on it, it just pisses people off.

I'm pretty sure it is to do with keeping the volume of support calls down; they try to lock down everything they can.
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