WiFI on utility poles

Mike Hammett nanog at ics-il.net
Thu Sep 10 13:00:08 UTC 2015


5 GHz noise levels affecting people whose primary means of Internet access is via fixed wireless . 




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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
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Midwest Internet Exchange 
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----- Original Message -----

From: "Jason Livingood" <Jason_Livingood at cable.comcast.com> 
To: "Hunter Fuller" <hf0002+nanog at uah.edu> 
Cc: "Corey Petrulich" <Corey_Petrulich at cable.comcast.com>, "Kenneth Falkenstein" <Ken_Falkenstein at Cable.Comcast.com>, nanog at nanog.org 
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 7:54:56 AM 
Subject: Re: WiFI on utility poles 

Sabotaging how? 

- Jason 




On 9/9/15, 10:20 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Hunter Fuller" 
<nanog-bounces at nanog.org on behalf of hf0002+nanog at uah.edu> wrote: 

>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 - 
>> 
>> 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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