WiFI on utility poles

Thu Sep 10 01:24:21 UTC 2015

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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