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

["Livingood, Jason" <Jason_Livingood () cable comcast com>]

On 12/11/14, 4:45 PM, "Jean-Francois Mezei" <jfmezei_nanog () vaxination ca<mailto:jfmezei_nanog () vaxination ca>> 
wrote:

Mr Livingood:

Out of curiosity, had Comcast decided to use an "opt-in" instead of "opt-out" method, did your marketing dept have any 
idea of percentage of customer base who would have opted in ?

No idea - I was just on the technical execution side of the project in the early phases. Behavioral economics would 
suggest that opt-in rates are almost always lower than opt-out. 
http://ozankocak.com/2011/01/18/dan-ariely-and-behavioral-economics-part–i/ . I suspect many tech companies have 
adopted similar views on opting in or out.

Secondly, at a more technical level:

In a MDU with a whole bunch of Comcast subscribers, could one router be able to detect existence of strong Xfinity 
signals and not enable its own ? This would reduce crowding of Wi-Fi spectrum.

I take it such a feature would require special rogramming/firmware by modem/router manufacturer ?

This is definitely specialized software logic and on the frontier of work called radio resource management. I am sure 
most WiFi chipsets have simple aspects of this built in but some companies are working on new technology & tools in 
this area for unlicensed spectrum like WiFi.

Jason