[trekgraham]

Could do this I guess...
We have the triple (ripoff) play so VOIP is provided thru the Xfinity router.
I notice the open connection is about half speed on mobile devices.

(If I do anything to damage the wife's Facebook connection I will surely be sent to the penalty box for an extended period)



I thought this was how it worked.
Wasn't too clear on this tho...

Just goto Comcast.com login to my account and there will be an option to disable the public hotspot

[michail71]

Well, it has no impact on the host subscriber's bandwidth or data usage. It's a separate wifi network with a separate bandwidth. Not unlike how it's already shared amongst neighbors. However, there could be a minimal impact on electrical usage. Not sure if it's of any significance. The limit of 5 is probably to not impact resources on the modem.

Perhaps they could make it opt-in and market the service better. Only people that opt in can use the hotspots. The disadvantage is fewer hotspots making the service less attractive.

I'd like to see perhaps a credit added to the account or a free modem rental out of it. The article about the class action lawsuit claims it's close to $30/year for electricity to broadcast the additional network.

It's crowd sourcing. It builds a large, reliable, semi-public wifi network that might actually work compared to typical hotspots that are slow, congested and drop like crazy.