Comcast To Expand Public WiFi Using Home Internet Connections

Posted by samzenpus on Monday June 17, 2013 @10:16AM from the share-the-wealth dept.

Bob the Super Hamste writes "The St. Paul Pioneer press is reporting that Comcast is planning on expanding its network of public WiFi hot spots in the Twin Cities area by using home internet connections and user's WiFi routers. Customers will be upgraded to new wireless routers that will have 2 wireless networks, one for the home users and one for the general public. Subscribers to Comcast's Xfinity service and customers that participate in the public WiFi program will be allowed free access to the public WiFi offered by this service. Non Comcast customers get 2 free sessions a month each lasting 1 hour with additional sessions costing money. The article mentions that a similar service already exists and is provided by the Spain-based company Fon."

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easier by Todd+Palin · 2013-06-17 10:26 · Score: 5, Funny

Great idea. My neighbor keeps changing his password. This would be a lot easier.
Re:How about no by drinkypoo · 2013-06-17 10:27 · Score: 3, Funny

I beg your pardon, but it looks awfully like you're currently trusting your ISP's router. Are you sure that you are entirely sane?

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