WiFI on utility poles

Michael Englehorn michael at englehorn.com
Thu Sep 10 17:47:48 UTC 2015


My issue with the "free" wifi that comcast is forcing into our homes and
businesses is that it's also interfering with our own access points in
the same building!

- Michael

On 9/10/2015 7:56 AM, Livingood, Jason wrote:
> If you run across any you think are terribly placed, feel free to email
> Corey and Ken with the location and your thoughts on better placement.
> 
> - Jason
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/9/15, 10:31 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Mike Hammett"
> <nanog-bounces at nanog.org on behalf of nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:
> 
>> Usually terribly placed, like a shotgun blast instead of strategic
>> locations. 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- 
>> Mike Hammett 
>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>> http://www.ics-il.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Midwest Internet Exchange
>> http://www.midwest-ix.com
>>
>>
>> ----- 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 it¹s
>>> 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 Comcast¹s 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Mike Lyon 
>> 408-621-4826 
>> mike.lyon at gmail.com
>>
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/mlyon
>>
>>
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