Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house

[Javier J <javier () advancedmachines us>]

The answer is, if someone is using your hotspot, it does use the same radio
and channel your ssid is on.

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:18 PM, Andrew Jones <aj () jonesy com au> wrote:

> It reads to me like it's not a separate Wi-Fi radio on a different
> channel, but just an additional SSID being broadcast:
> http://wifi.comcast.com/faqs.html
> ctrl+f "Does the new Home Hotspot impact my Internet speeds or data usage?"
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> On 11.12.2014 14:55, Phil Bedard wrote:
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> > It won't overlap with the one you are using for yourself on the same
> > device.
> >
> > DOCSIS has service flows with different priorities.  I don't know if
> > they are allocating specific channels for it or if it's just a
> > different service flow, but either way it is a lower priority and
> > should not cause contention with regular user traffic.
> >
> > Really it is just the power they seem to be complaining about.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Harald Koch" <chk () pobox com>
> > Sent: ‎12/‎10/‎2014 10:21 PM
> > To: "Mr Bugs" <bugs () debmi com>
> > Cc: "NANOG list" <nanog () nanog org>
> > Subject: Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house
> >
> > On 10 December 2014 at 21:50, Mr Bugs <bugs () debmi com> wrote:
> >
> >  however they use a separate DOCSIS and 802.11 channel so if would follow
> > > that it would be a separate IP tied to comcast corporate and not the
> > > subscriber as well as not taking up your bandwidth.
> >
> >
> >
> > IIRC there are only three non-overlapping channels on 802.11g and six on
> > 802.11n; I can see more networks than that from my basement.
> >
> > I haven't been keeping up with the technology, but in the ancient of days
> > wasn't the uplink side of DOCSIS also a limited-bandwidth, shared
> > resource?