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Ask HN: Did Comcast just screw me over?

10 点作者 dan-silver大约 9 年前
I noticed yesterday that Comcast enabled their public wifi hotspot[1] on my home router. I&#x27;m not sure if there are security risks or if it increases my electric bill, but it provides no additional benefit to me so I want it disabled. Since they removed the easy way of disabling it from their website, I called them and they disabled it. However, I&#x27;m now thinking that they just stopped the ssid broadcast since I can see another network with the same signal strength that the hotspot had, just without any network name. I&#x27;m using an android app[1] to chart the signal strengths of networks. I clearly stated to them that the network should be completely disabled, so I&#x27;m very confused.<p><i></i> Is there any way for me to know if this other network is still the Comcast Xfinity public hotspot?<p>[1] http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;tech-policy&#x2F;2014&#x2F;12&#x2F;comcast-sued-by-customers-for-turning-routers-into-public-hotspots&#x2F;<p>[2] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.google.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;apps&#x2F;details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer&amp;hl=en

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nness大约 9 年前
Power cycle the modem and see if the hotspot disappears and reappears with the modem. That would be fairly conclusive.
moondev大约 9 年前
Just buy your own modem from amazon. You get total control and don&#x27;t have to pay them to lease your modem&#x2F;router
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PythonDeveloper大约 9 年前
If there are external antennae on the unit, just unscrew them and that will effectively disable the wifi radio since it can&#x27;t attenuate.
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