| ▲ | ____tom____ 5 hours ago |
| They are likely going to have access. Lots of things have built in cellular modems these days, and your cable provider already uses your cable modem as a hotspot for other people. You can do things like physically modifying your TV, or seeing if there are undocumented settings to disable things. |
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| ▲ | alexfoo 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| It works both ways though. The traffic was separated so that anything on the public hotspot was not attributed to the private subscriber network. Secondly for years I lived somewhere very remote so that meant that hardly anyone ever got to use my broadband connection via such a hotspot, but I got to use hundreds of other peoples hotspots when I was somewhere less isolated. I was quite happy to opt in to this system as I benefitted hugely from it. |
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| ▲ | drnick1 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > your cable provider already uses your cable modem as a hotspot for other people. Is this for real? This does not affect me as I use my own equipment, but I still find it hard to believe. |
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| ▲ | WalterGR 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Yes. Xfinity is the big one. Their devices create two hotspots: one for the customer and one to power their Xfinity WiFi service and for bandwidth offloading for their cellular service. Instructions for disabling it: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/disable-xfinity-wif... | | |
| ▲ | jedbrooke 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | I have to say though as a xfinity customer, being able to get wifi basically anywhere urban is pretty nice |
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| ▲ | akiselev 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Major ISPs in the US have been doing it for at least a decade. Xfinity Wifi [1] claims over 20 million wifi hotspots provided through customer routers. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfinity#Xfinity_WiFi | |
| ▲ | Terr_ 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Started years ago: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/comcasts-new-neighborh... | |
| ▲ | ButlerianJihad 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Yes. Cox has been doing it for years. They boast citywide hotspot access for all subscribers. I formerly thought that this hotspot network consisted of dedicated APs which they mount and maintain on utility poles in public places. But that’s just the start. Every Cox customer has a Panoramic WiFi router that advertises as a member of the “CoxWiFi” SSID, and other customers can authenticate there and access the Internet through your connection. This is on a strictly opt-out basis. I’ve opted-out, and also my router is permanently in Bridge Mode, so there is no technical way for me to provide anyone a WiFi connection. But all my neighbors do, even if they are blissfully unaware. | | |
| ▲ | saintfire 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | The best thing about fibre rollout in my region is that the ONT appears to act as the modem so I don't need to set the modem/router into bridge mode any more. I'm sure that'll end. | | | |
| ▲ | robotnikman 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Another reason to use your own Wifi router and modem | | |
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| ▲ | majorchord 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > hotspot for other people. How does this work legally when you get in trouble for someone else's activity? |
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| ▲ | margalabargala 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| It's also usually not that hard to open the case and remove the physical antennas. |
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| ▲ | Ancalagon 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Is that why the cable companies are always trying to get me to use their equipment now?? God I hate this. |
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| ▲ | Barbing 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Plus the DNS spying even after disabling their safety stuff (impossible to change DNS on Comcast Xfinity-provided gateway). Still trying to get as good speeds with my own equipment. |
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