[183632] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: WiFI on utility poles
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Bedard)
Wed Sep 9 22:19:50 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 22:19:44 -0400
From: Phil Bedard <bedard.phil@gmail.com>
To: "Michael T. Voity" <mvoity@uvm.edu>,
<nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <55F0E263.3060306@uvm.edu>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
There are Comcast people on the list who may have more info, but it=E2=80=99s jus=
t expansion of their WiFi hotspot network and part of the CableWifi consorti=
um. http://www.cablewifi.com, or you can go to http://wifi.xfinity.com to s=
ee Comcast=E2=80=99s specific deployment. =20
Cable companies have thousands of strand-mount Wifi APs deployed at this po=
int. =20
Phil=20
-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG on behalf of "Michael T. Voity"
Organization: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 21:52
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Subject: Re: WiFI on utility poles
>Sorry folks, attachment didn't work. Here is the link -
>
>https://www.uvm.edu/~mvoity/pole.JPG
>
>-Mike
>
>Michael Voity
>University of Vermont
>
>On 9/9/15 9:24 PM, Michael T. Voity wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Today another colleague and I discovered the famous 'xfinitywifi' ,'Cabl=
eWIFi', 'CoxWiFi' and a new one 'XFINITY' on our University campus. After =
doing some poking around on campus we found these gems (attached picture) on=
2 utility poles that pass by our east campus. Standing underneath it I g=
ot a -46 RSSI in both 5 and 2.4Ghz, maybe 75-100 yards away inside our hocke=
y fieldhouse, through lots of brick, cinder blocks and metal, I was still p=
icking the 2.4Ghz at -64.
>>
>> Looks like the unit is getting power from the coax.
>>
>>
>> My question is, I've done a little poking around and have not found an=
ything substantial to learn more information about this Comcast program.
>>
>>
>> Any insight would be nice!
>>
>>
>> Michael Voity
>> University of Vermont
>>
>>
>>
>
