[176817] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ricky Beam)
Thu Dec 11 18:00:11 2014
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To: "Josh Luthman" <josh@imaginenetworksllc.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:54:44 -0500
From: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam@gmail.com>
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On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:26:37 -0500, Josh Luthman
<josh@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
> 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.
It's an either/or... they have their own radio, thus adding to an already
congested RF arena, or they ride the same channel as the customer, thus
consuming (degrading) their wifi bandwidth. (bring an 802.11b device to
the part if you want to see just how ugly that can get.)
