I'm not sure the premises of the article are correct. Our ISP has been struggling nationwide for the past ten days. Granting that Spectrum has never been noteworthy for reliability, I'm seeing...
I'm not sure the premises of the article are correct. Our ISP has been struggling nationwide for the past ten days. Granting that Spectrum has never been noteworthy for reliability, I'm seeing signs of backbone route congestion and overloaded DNS servers. [We're using Cloudflare and OpenDNS, but I tested with Spectrum DNS and it's super sluggish.]
These are U.S. consumer-grade ISP concerns - given the ISPs' profitability, we should have both faster and more reliable service available, without depending on caps to prevent congestion. Symmetrical broadband, or at least something better than a 20:1 upload/download ratio, would also be nice.
I feel slightly absurd suggesting this, but if you can't trust the "WiFi off" setting, you could just wrap the whole thing in a couple of layers of kitchen foil and then hook your own router to...
I feel slightly absurd suggesting this, but if you can't trust the "WiFi off" setting, you could just wrap the whole thing in a couple of layers of kitchen foil and then hook your own router to the ethernet port.
You and @Keegan might like this article then: https://www.rt.com/usa/213299-comcast-public-hotspot-routers-lawsuit/ TL;DR: Xfinity built their wifi network by hosting another wifi network on your...
Comcast just announced that they're pausing all data from counting towards caps for 60 days, enabling Xfinity WiFi for everyone for free, and stopping charging late fees or disconnecting service...
Comcast just announced that they're pausing all data from counting towards caps for 60 days, enabling Xfinity WiFi for everyone for free, and stopping charging late fees or disconnecting service for the moment.
I'm not sure the premises of the article are correct. Our ISP has been struggling nationwide for the past ten days. Granting that Spectrum has never been noteworthy for reliability, I'm seeing signs of backbone route congestion and overloaded DNS servers. [We're using Cloudflare and OpenDNS, but I tested with Spectrum DNS and it's super sluggish.]
These are U.S. consumer-grade ISP concerns - given the ISPs' profitability, we should have both faster and more reliable service available, without depending on caps to prevent congestion. Symmetrical broadband, or at least something better than a 20:1 upload/download ratio, would also be nice.
I hope, but I doubt that the telecom giants are capable of doing anything that might help consumers. It's in their DNA to screw us over.
I feel slightly absurd suggesting this, but if you can't trust the "WiFi off" setting, you could just wrap the whole thing in a couple of layers of kitchen foil and then hook your own router to the ethernet port.
I've always wondered how that XfinityWifi works, this might explain it
all the more reason to buy your own modem and router
You and @Keegan might like this article then:
https://www.rt.com/usa/213299-comcast-public-hotspot-routers-lawsuit/
TL;DR: Xfinity built their wifi network by hosting another wifi network on your consumer router that they bill you for. Isn't that fun?
Comcast just announced that they're pausing all data from counting towards caps for 60 days, enabling Xfinity WiFi for everyone for free, and stopping charging late fees or disconnecting service for the moment.