[176806] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Livingood, Jason)
Thu Dec 11 17:22:19 2014
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From: "Livingood, Jason" <Jason_Livingood@cable.comcast.com>
To: Jean-Francois Mezei <jfmezei_nanog@vaxination.ca>, "Nanog@nanog.org"
<Nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 22:08:51 +0000
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On 12/11/14, 4:45 PM, "Jean-Francois Mezei" <jfmezei_nanog@vaxination.ca<ma=
ilto:jfmezei_nanog@vaxination.ca>> wrote:
Mr Livingood:
Out of curiosity, had Comcast decided to use an "opt-in" instead of "opt-ou=
t" method, did your marketing dept have any idea of percentage of customer =
base who would have opted in ?
No idea - I was just on the technical execution side of the project in the =
early phases. Behavioral economics would suggest that opt-in rates are almo=
st always lower than opt-out. http://ozankocak.com/2011/01/18/dan-ariely-an=
d-behavioral-economics-part=96i/ . I suspect many tech companies have adopt=
ed similar views on opting in or out.
Secondly, at a more technical level:
In a MDU with a whole bunch of Comcast subscribers, could one router be abl=
e to detect existence of strong Xfinity signals and not enable its own ? Th=
is would reduce crowding of Wi-Fi spectrum.
I take it such a feature would require special rogramming/firmware by modem=
/router manufacturer ?
This is definitely specialized software logic and on the frontier of work c=
alled radio resource management. I am sure most WiFi chipsets have simple a=
spects of this built in but some companies are working on new technology & =
tools in this area for unlicensed spectrum like WiFi.
Jason
