http://bgr.com/2014/05/12/cablevision-optimum-modem-wifi-hotspots/

 I thought cablevision has been doing this for years.

 I had a higher level tech at mi casa within the last two years and he suggested 
their goal was to get enough coverage to start offering CV voip cell phones.  
"pay a little less, for not guaranteed coverage'



  Ryan Pavely
   Net Access
   http://www.nac.net/

On 12/10/2014 9:35 PM, Jeroen van Aart wrote:
Why am I not surprised?

Whose fault would it be if your comcast installed public wifi would be abused 
to download illegal material or launch a botnet, to name some random fun one 
could have on your behalf. :-/

(apologies if this was posted already, couldn't find an email about it on the 
list)

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/10/disgruntled_customers_lob_sueball_at_comcast_over_public_wifi/

"A mother and daughter are suing Comcast claiming the cable giant's router in 
their home was offering public Wi-Fi without their permission.

Comcast-supplied routers broadcast an encrypted, private wireless network for 
people at home, plus a non-encrypted network called XfinityWiFi that can be 
used by nearby subscribers. So if you're passing by a fellow user's home, you 
can lock onto their public Wi-Fi, log in using your Comcast username and 
password, and use that home's bandwidth.

However, Toyer Grear, 39, and daughter Joycelyn Harris – who live together in 
Alameda County, California – say they never gave Comcast permission to run a 
public network from their home cable connection.

In a lawsuit [PDF] filed in the northern district of the golden state, the pair 
accuse the ISP of breaking the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and two other laws.

Grear – a paralegal – and her daughter claim the Xfinity hotspot is an unauthorized intrusion into 
their private home, places a "vast" burden on electricity bills, opens them up to attacks 
by hackers, and "degrades" their bandwidth.

"Comcast does not, however, obtain the customer's authorization prior to engaging in 
this use of the customer's equipment and internet service for public, non-household 
use," the suit claims.

"Indeed, without obtaining its customers' authorization for this additional use of 
their equipment and resources, over which the customer has no control, Comcast has 
externalized the costs of its national Wi-Fi network onto its customers."

The plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages for themselves and on behalf of all 
Comcast customers nation-wide in their class-action case – the service was rolled 
out to 20 million customers this year."


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