[183690] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: WiFI on utility poles
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Englehorn)
Thu Sep 10 16:19:04 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Michael Englehorn <michael@englehorn.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 12:47:48 -0500
In-Reply-To: <D216F5FE.113C19%jason_livingood@cable.comcast.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
My issue with the "free" wifi that comcast is forcing into our homes and
businesses is that it's also interfering with our own access points in
the same building!
- Michael
On 9/10/2015 7:56 AM, Livingood, Jason wrote:
> If you run across any you think are terribly placed, feel free to email
> Corey and Ken with the location and your thoughts on better placement.
>
> - Jason
>
>
>
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> On 9/9/15, 10:31 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Mike Hammett"
> <nanog-bounces@nanog.org on behalf of nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
>
>> Usually terribly placed, like a shotgun blast instead of strategic
>> locations.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----
>> Mike Hammett
>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>> http://www.ics-il.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Midwest Internet Exchange
>> http://www.midwest-ix.com
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: "Mike Lyon" <mike.lyon@gmail.com>
>> To: "Phil Bedard" <bedard.phil@gmail.com>
>> Cc: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 9:23:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: WiFI on utility poles
>>
>> And they are as annoying as f*&k! and litter the already noisy 5 Ghz
>> unlicensed band, Hopefully, the sun will fry them dead over time.
>>
>> -Mike
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Phil Bedard <bedard.phil@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> There are Comcast people on the list who may have more info, but itıs
>>> just
>>> expansion of their WiFi hotspot network and part of the CableWifi
>>> consortium. http://www.cablewifi.com, or you can go to
>>> http://wifi.xfinity.com to see Comcastıs specific deployment.
>>>
>>> Cable companies have thousands of strand-mount Wifi APs deployed at
>>> this
>>> point.
>>>
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----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'
>>> ,'CableWIFi', '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 got a -46 RSSI in both 5 and 2.4Ghz, maybe 75-100 yards
>>> away inside our hockey fieldhouse, through lots of brick, cinder blocks
>>> and metal, I was still 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
>>> anything substantial to learn more information about this Comcast
>>> program.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Any insight would be nice!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael Voity
>>>>> University of Vermont
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike Lyon
>> 408-621-4826
>> mike.lyon@gmail.com
>>
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/mlyon
>>
>>
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