Re: WiFI on utility poles

["Michael T. Voity" <mvoity () uvm edu>]

Thank you all for your replies to the topic I have started.

UVM does not purchase Xfinity on Campus for our students to have TV via 
their computers or device.  However Xfinity usually has a both setup on 
move-in day for students to individually purchase accounts to watch 
stuff online.   UVM provides its own wireless to all the Residential 
halls/dorm in 2.4/5Ghz spectrum.   Comcast/Xfinity has 2 Nodes on campus 
that have nothing connected to them, just collecting dust and burning 
power.

We see the addition of the Comcast/Xfinity AP's on the poles to either 
generate confusion and or interface to the already dirty wireless 
spectrum.   Recently we are running into issue with DFS being 3 miles 
away from an airport and the TDWR.

Thanks again folks and see you in Montreal!

-Mike

Michael Voity
University of Vermont

On 9/10/2015 8:53 AM, Livingood, Jason wrote:

> You can learn more at http://wifi.xfinity.com/. There are more than 8M 
> hotspots around the country today and we’re doing more and more 
> outdoor / public area WiFi hotspots. In my area (Philadelphia) I hit 
> them all along the route that my commuter train takes, so it’s 
> convenient.
>
> The XFINITY SSID is new and uses WPA2 IIRC.
>
> The guys copied (Ken and Corey) are good contacts for any direct 
> questions about Comcast’s WiFi network.
>
> As an aside, it does not look like UVM is covered yet but we expanded 
> our free college streaming service this Fall and on campuses that have 
> Xfinity WiFi, it would presumably help students stream from more 
> places (see 
> http://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/xfinity-on-campus-expands-comcast-now-brings-streaming-tv-to-24-colleges-and-universities). 
>
>
> - Jason
> Comcast
>
>
> On 9/9/15, 9:52 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Michael T. Voity" 
> <nanog-bounces () nanog org <mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org> on behalf of 
> mvoity () uvm edu <mailto:mvoity () uvm edu>> wrote:
>
>     Sorry folks,   attachment didn't work.  Here is the link -
>
>     https://www.uvm.edu/~mvoity/pole.JPG
>     <https://www.uvm.edu/%7Emvoity/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