There are Comcast people on the list who may have more info, but it’s 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 Comcast’s 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: <[email protected]> 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 >> >> >> >
