[183637] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: WiFI on utility poles
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James E. Pratt)
Thu Sep 10 03:03:25 2015
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From: "James E. Pratt" <jpratt@norwich.edu>
To: "Michael T. Voity" <mvoity@uvm.edu>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 02:04:54 +0000
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141208/13222529362/comcast-sued-over-ro=
uter-update-that-makes-your-wi-fi-hotspot-public-ignores-your-opt-out-prefe=
rences.shtml
Regards,
James
-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Michael T. Voity
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 9:53 PM
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' ,'Cable=
WIFi', 'CoxWiFi' and a new one 'XFINITY' on our University campus. After =
doing some poking around on campus we found these gems (attached picture) o=
n 2 utility poles that pass by our east campus. Standing underneath it I=
got a -46 RSSI in both 5 and 2.4Ghz, maybe 75-100 yards away inside our ho=
ckey fieldhouse, through lots of brick, cinder blocks and metal, I was sti=
ll picking 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 any=
thing substantial to learn more information about this Comcast program.
>
>
> Any insight would be nice!
>
>
> Michael Voity
> University of Vermont
>
>
>
