[176776] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Morrow)
Thu Dec 11 14:24:24 2014
X-Original-To: Nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <D0AF51C7.3C181%wesley.george@twcable.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:24:16 -0500
From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
To: "George, Wes" <wesley.george@twcable.com>
Cc: "Nanog@nanog.org" <Nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 2:11 PM, George, Wes <wesley.george@twcable.com> wrote:
> Their intended use is to give
> access to visitors in your house and/or yard without you needing to set up
> a dedicated guest network or giving them your wifi password.
this seems like the key point here... comcast isn't actually
benefiting (except perhaps in less calls about: "Someone reconfigured
my AP ... now it's all screwy"
folk need to relax just a tad, and consider the technical implications
here, outside of the conspiracy theories.
-chris
(where is my tin foil hat? I just know i left it around here somewhere)
