WiFI on utility poles

Thu Sep 10 02:31:34 UTC 2015

Usually terribly placed, like a shotgun blast instead of strategic locations. 

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Mike Hammett 
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Midwest Internet Exchange 
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----- Original Message -----

From: "Mike Lyon" <mike.lyon at gmail.com> 
To: "Phil Bedard" <bedard.phil at gmail.com> 
Cc: "NANOG" <nanog at nanog.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 9:23:46 PM 
Subject: Re: WiFI on utility poles 

And they are as annoying as f*&k! and litter the already noisy 5 Ghz 
unlicensed band, Hopefully, the sun will fry them dead over time. 

-Mike 

On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Phil Bedard <bedard.phil at gmail.com> wrote: 

> There are Comcast people on the list who may have more info, but it’s just 
> expansion of their WiFi hotspot network and part of the CableWifi 
> consortium. http://www.cablewifi.com, or you can go to 
> http://wifi.xfinity.com to see Comcast’s specific deployment. 
> 
> Cable companies have thousands of strand-mount Wifi APs deployed at this 
> point. 
> 
> 
> Phil 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: NANOG on behalf of "Michael T. Voity" 
> Organization: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College 
> Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 21:52 
> To: <nanog at nanog.org> 
> Subject: Re: WiFI on utility poles 
> 
> >Sorry folks, attachment didn't work. Here is the link - 
> > 
> >https://www.uvm.edu/~mvoity/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 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> > 
> 
> 

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