On 12/10/14, 9:35 PM, "Jeroen van Aart" <jer...@mompl.net> wrote:
>Why am I not surprised? You¹re a smart guy - don¹t believe everything you read. ;-) >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. :-/ It would not be your fault. The public SSID has a separate IP address, so the abuse would trace to that. In addition, all access is authenticated on a per user / per device basis. So there is good abuse traceback. >"A mother and daughter are suing Comcast claiming the cable giant¹s >router in their home was offering public Wi-Fi without their permission. Prior to rolling this out in a given market, generally speaking, each customer is notified and provided with detailed opt-out instructions. >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. Not really; separate bandwidth in the DOCSIS network is provisioned for this. >places a "vast² burden on electricity bills The citation refers to a highly unscientific study by a company that looked at a commercial cable modem, in combination with a separate commercial-grade WiFi access point. Putting aside the accuracy of that study, the two pieces of commercial equipment are very different from the single residential WiFi gateway at question here. - Jason Livingood Comcast
