[183634] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: WiFI on utility poles
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hammett)
Wed Sep 9 22:31:48 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 21:31:34 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAFFgAjBKRQAiyvci0qW=R8F=7VgpDyjSQTxPWTr7=f7HQhM+XQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Usually terribly placed, like a shotgun blast instead of strategic location=
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From: "Mike Lyon" <mike.lyon@gmail.com>=20
To: "Phil Bedard" <bedard.phil@gmail.com>=20
Cc: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>=20
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 9:23:46 PM=20
Subject: Re: WiFI on utility poles=20
And they are as annoying as f*&k! and litter the already noisy 5 Ghz=20
unlicensed band, Hopefully, the sun will fry them dead over time.=20
-Mike=20
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Phil Bedard <bedard.phil@gmail.com> wrote:=
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> There are Comcast people on the list who may have more info, but it=E2=80=
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> expansion of their WiFi hotspot network and part of the CableWifi=20
> consortium. http://www.cablewifi.com, or you can go to=20
> http://wifi.xfinity.com to see Comcast=E2=80=99s specific deployment.=20
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> Cable companies have thousands of strand-mount Wifi APs deployed at this=
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> -----Original Message-----=20
> From: NANOG on behalf of "Michael T. Voity"=20
> Organization: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College=20
> Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 21:52=20
> To: <nanog@nanog.org>=20
> Subject: Re: WiFI on utility poles=20
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> >Sorry folks, attachment didn't work. Here is the link -=20
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> >https://www.uvm.edu/~mvoity/pole.JPG=20
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> >Michael Voity=20
> >University of Vermont=20
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> >On 9/9/15 9:24 PM, Michael T. Voity wrote:=20
> >> Hello,=20
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> >> Today another colleague and I discovered the famous 'xfinitywifi'=20
> ,'CableWIFi', 'CoxWiFi' and a new one 'XFINITY' on our University campus.=
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> After doing some poking around on campus we found these gems (attached=20
> picture) on 2 utility poles that pass by our east campus. Standing=20
> underneath it I got a -46 RSSI in both 5 and 2.4Ghz, maybe 75-100 yards=
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> away inside our hockey fieldhouse, through lots of brick, cinder blocks=
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> and metal, I was still picking the 2.4Ghz at -64.=20
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> >> Looks like the unit is getting power from the coax.=20
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> >> My question is, I've done a little poking around and have not found=20
> anything substantial to learn more information about this Comcast program=
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> >> Any insight would be nice!=20
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> >> Michael Voity=20
> >> University of Vermont=20
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Mike Lyon=20
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mike.lyon@gmail.com=20
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