WiFI on utility poles

Thu Sep 10 13:12:59 UTC 2015

Use 2GHz instead of 5GHz for the outdoor WiFi plants?

On 9/10/15 9:09 AM, Shane Ronan wrote:
> And how do you propose we solve this?
> On Sep 10, 2015 9:06 AM, "Mike Hammett" <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:
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>> 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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>> ----- Original Message -----
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>> 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
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>> Sabotaging how?
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>> - Jason
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>> 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:
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>>> Wow, it is like they are actively sabotaging us. Sigh...
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>>> None of that in this area yet - I'm sure it's only a matter of time
>>> though.
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>>> 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
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>>>> 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.
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>>>>>
>>>>> 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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