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CableWifi vs XfinityWifi
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Barry Margolin
Jun 11, 2013, 1:14:55 PM6/11/13
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Most of the time when I'm near a Comcast hotspot, my Kindle Fire sees
two networks that it can join: XfinityWifi and CableWifi. They both
accept my Comcast credentials, but I get different speeds. They can
range anywhere from 5 Mbps to over 100 Mbps, and it doesn't seem
predictable which one will be faster. I always try both, and select the
faster one if I plan on doing anything involving video.
Yesterday's announcement makes me think that CableWifi are the
residential modems that offer public Wifi, while XfinityWifi are the
dedicated hotspots. Does that sound right? But I didn't think they'd
rolled the residential service out yet in my area, a Boston suburb.
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Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA
two networks that it can join: XfinityWifi and CableWifi. They both
accept my Comcast credentials, but I get different speeds. They can
range anywhere from 5 Mbps to over 100 Mbps, and it doesn't seem
predictable which one will be faster. I always try both, and select the
faster one if I plan on doing anything involving video.
Yesterday's announcement makes me think that CableWifi are the
residential modems that offer public Wifi, while XfinityWifi are the
dedicated hotspots. Does that sound right? But I didn't think they'd
rolled the residential service out yet in my area, a Boston suburb.
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Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA
R. Lynn Rardin
Jun 11, 2013, 4:23:15 PM6/11/13
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In article <barmar-F16377....@news.eternal-september.org>,
Barry, do you have any concerns about the potential for people to set
up rogue hot spots using these SSIDs, in order to harvest Comcast
customer usernames and passwords?
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R. Lynn Rardin
Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> Most of the time when I'm near a Comcast hotspot, my Kindle Fire sees
> two networks that it can join: XfinityWifi and CableWifi. They both
> accept my Comcast credentials...
> Most of the time when I'm near a Comcast hotspot, my Kindle Fire sees
> two networks that it can join: XfinityWifi and CableWifi. They both
Barry, do you have any concerns about the potential for people to set
up rogue hot spots using these SSIDs, in order to harvest Comcast
customer usernames and passwords?
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R. Lynn Rardin
Seth Goodman
Jun 11, 2013, 4:33:35 PM6/11/13
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In article <barmar-F16377....@news.eternal-september.org>,
of five cable companies. All XfinityWifi hotspots are CableWifi
hotspots, but not all CableWifi hotspots are XfinityWiFi hotspots.
http://www.cablewifi.com/
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Seth Goodman
bar...@alum.mit.edu wrote:
> Yesterday's announcement makes me think that CableWifi are the
> residential modems that offer public Wifi, while XfinityWifi are the
> dedicated hotspots. Does that sound right?
>
CableWifi is the SSID used for hot spots that allow access to customers
> Yesterday's announcement makes me think that CableWifi are the
> residential modems that offer public Wifi, while XfinityWifi are the
> dedicated hotspots. Does that sound right?
>
of five cable companies. All XfinityWifi hotspots are CableWifi
hotspots, but not all CableWifi hotspots are XfinityWiFi hotspots.
http://www.cablewifi.com/
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Seth Goodman
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