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

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

Have you ever met an intelligent, informed consumer? 




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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
http://www.ics-il.com 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Rebecca Kain (.)" <bkain1 () ford com> 
To: "Jason Livingood" <Jason_Livingood () cable comcast com>, "Charles Mills" <w3yni1 () gmail com>, "Jeroen van Aart" 
<jeroen () mompl net> 
Cc: "NANOG list" <nanog () nanog org> 
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 12:06:33 PM 
Subject: RE: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house 

No one who has Comcast, who I've forward this to, knew about this (all US customers). Maybe you can send here the 
notification Comcast sent out, to your customers. 

-----Original Message----- 
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Livingood, Jason 
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 12:55 PM 
To: Charles Mills; Jeroen van Aart 
Cc: NANOG list 
Subject: Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house 

On 12/10/14, 9:41 PM, "Charles Mills" <w3yni1 () gmail com<mailto:w3yni1 () gmail com>> wrote: 

In the US at least you have to authenticate with your Comcast credentials and not like a traditional open wifi where 
you can just make up an email and accept the terms of service. I also understand that it is a different IP than the 
subscriber. Based on this the subscriber should be protected from anyone doing anything illegal and causing the SWAT 
team to pay a visit. 

You are absolutely correct. 

Now..they are doing this on your electric bill and taking up space (albeit a small amount of it) in your home. 

The blog cited is at http://speedify.com/%20blog/comcast-public-hotspot-cost/. As you can see it uses two separate 
devices; it is not similar to our residential service. 

Jason