How do features like this affect wifi congestion in the long run? I have 14 wifi networks at near full strength visible from my home office already.
Xfinity WiFi Home Hotspot FAQs
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#32Funny coincidence. I've just spent the last hour on the phone with Comcast support asking them to disable the "xfinitywifi" my router is broadcasting and when it was all over decided to unwind and read some NH... And see this!
For anyone who needs to, call "1-855-845-6834" and ask them to disable the "xfinitywifi" hotspot on your router.
This will save you the 4 transfers, giving your info many times, and listening to the upgrade options you don't care about. It may also save you from the $70 support they'll try to charge you (should you choose to agree), and possibly one redirect to a number that no-longer exists (all of which I just went through).
GL.
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#33Earlier 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?
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#34Title is misleading. I interpret this as they broadcast a separate wifi signal that connects to a different LAN. I don't see anything terribly wrong with this.
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#35So does BT (In the UK) http://www.btwifi.co.uk/ It's a good feature. The open wifi is separated from your wifi, and it doesn't use your bandwidth. Plus - If you have BT wifi, you get to use all those hotspots for free.
I question "doesn't use your bandwidth." BT is a DSL provider. Your circuit is provisioned for the speed you pay for, and the maximum attainable speed is limited based on distance from the DSLAM as well as other factors (copper gauge, copper condition, etc.). If you're paying for the highest speed BT offers at your location and you're near the limit for that speed, they don't have any capability to overprovision a fe…
For "doesn't use your bandwidth" read:-
* The public wifi usage doesn't eat up any of the private bandwidth allowance
* The public wifi is limited to 512kbps but private usage gets precedence (meaning that the bandwidth available for public wifi could be 0kbps at any point in time)Re: Xfinity WiFi Home Hotspot FAQs
#36How do features like this affect wifi congestion in the long run? I have 14 wifi networks at near full strength visible from my home office already.
The issue isn't the number of networks, but rather the number of frequencies used.
The second ssid being broadcast will probably run on the same frequency as your usual ssid.
Switching to super high frequencies will mitigate the overlap, since these won't travel through thick walls, but then you may need to put wifi points in all you rooms.
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#37Does 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
different ip/wireless on the LAN side. But does it also have a different ip on the WAN side?
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#39I have Comcast, with one of their wireless routers, but I don't see any network named "xfinitywifi." Is it only certain router models? Or only certain areas?
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#40This looks like a step toward what is variously called "hotspot 2.0" (Wi-Fi Alliance)[1], "next generation hotspot" (Wireless Broadband Alliance)[2], and "het-net" (4G Americas)[3].
The problem is the exponential growth in demand for cellular bandwidth. Its very expensive for the cellular industry to increase capacity by building new towers. So the idea is to get consumers' cellular devices using wifi data connections wherever possible, offloading demand for 3G/4G.
This looks like a way for cell phone companies to lease an "xfinity password" from Comcast. Then the cell company can seamlessly offload the data connection of any subscriber near enough to an xfinity hotspot.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Alliance 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Broadband_Alliance 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G_Americas