Re: Cable Company Hotspots

["J. Hellenthal via NANOG" <nanog () nanog org>]

Sad that in some cases the extra WiFi usage results in higher electric bills for the consumer.... and cannot be opted 
out of.

-- 
 J. Hellenthal

The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.

> On Nov 22, 2020, at 11:49, kwoody () citywest ca wrote:
>
> 
> > How do the cable companies generally deliver this service? A friend
> insists it
> > piggybacks off the WIFI radios of existing cable company subscribers. In
> other
> > words, the cable company WIFI router in a flat is providing both a private
> link
> > for the flat's subscriber, but also a public hotspot service.
> >
> >
> > I concede it is possible, but I am skeptical that the high quality of
> hotspot
> > service we get here in Budapest could be achieved that way.
>
> Calix has this option on the 844G/E CPE. The G is used with fibre based
> drops and the
> E is used with cable modems.
>
> It is called Community Wifi and is an option that can be enabled in both
> units. It uses GRE tunnels
> to backhaul traffic.
>
> Never used it so have limited knowledge on actual workings, but have
> deployed many
> of both types of CPE's.