[176809] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Luthman)
Thu Dec 11 17:32:53 2014
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From: Josh Luthman <josh@imaginenetworksllc.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:26:37 -0500
To: Ricky Beam <jfbeam@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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Not correct. If it's on one radio it's using the same RF space it was
before, just with a virtual SSID. Just like the atheros or Ruckus stuff -
it's the same RF space with an additional BSSID bridged to a different
software bridge or pseudo interface.
Josh Luthman
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Ricky Beam <jfbeam@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:41:24 -0500, Livingood, Jason <
> Jason_Livingood@cable.comcast.com> wrote:
>
>> ...But 2.4GHz was a bit of a mess before we came along with this service.
>>
>
> So, knowing the house is on fire, you bring a can of gas to put it out.
> You aren't f'ing helping.
>
> Of course, since Comcast didn't spring for separate radios, it'll be
> riding what ever channel the customer's WiFi is using. Thus, interfering
> with *their* use of WiFi.
>
