On list would be awesome, I'm also interested in this! -- Frank Clements
> On May 28, 2014, at 10:02 AM, "Jay Ashworth" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I expect Frank Bulk to have an opinion on this, all others welcome. > > Hat tip to Bright House -- I've noticed lately that I don't have to go > through their captive portal when using their public wifi hotspots (they > participate in the CableWifi consortium, using WAPs built into their > 6580 and other cablemodems, and offer a carrier-specific connection SSID > as well). > > This has led me to a point of curiosity: > > If I'm the subscriber, and I've paid for 15 mb/s down, then my wired > connection and my private wireless (if provisioned, and they charge > $10/mo, so I'll do that myself, thanks) are using one ... DOCSIS path? > back to the CMTS. > > I assume that cableco provided voice is on a separate path, and I'm sure > the TV service is -- if it's even IP at all. > > But the question is: is that public wifi service *also* on a separate > bandwidth-limited channel out of the cablemodem? > > Offline replies fine, unless you think it's of sufficiently general > interest; I expect it's implementation dependent. > > Cheers, > -- jra > > -- > Jay R. Ashworth Baylink > [email protected] > Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 > Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII > St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
