[176796] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jean-Francois Mezei)
Thu Dec 11 16:47:42 2014
X-Original-To: Nanog@nanog.org
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:45:39 -0500
From: Jean-Francois Mezei <jfmezei_nanog@vaxination.ca>
To: Nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <D0AF77EE.EDDEF%jason_livingood@cable.comcast.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Mr Livingood:
Out of curiosity, had Comcast decided to use an "opt-in" instead of
"opt-out" method, did your marketing dept have any idea of percentage of
customer base who would have opted in ?
Secondly, at a more technical level:
In a MDU with a whole bunch of Comcast subscribers, could one router be
able to detect existence of strong Xfinity signals and not enable its
own ? This would reduce crowding of Wi-Fi spectrum.
I take it such a feature would require special programming/firmware by
modem/router manufacturer ?
