WiFI on utility poles

Thu Sep 10 02:20:11 UTC 2015

Wow, it is like they are actively sabotaging us. Sigh...

None of that in this area yet - I'm sure it's only a matter of time though.

On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 8:52 PM, Michael T. Voity <mvoity at uvm.edu> wrote:
> Sorry folks,   attachment didn't work.  Here is the link -
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> https://www.uvm.edu/~mvoity/pole.JPG
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> -Mike
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> Michael  Voity
> University of Vermont
>
> On 9/9/15 9:24 PM, Michael T. Voity wrote:
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>> 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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