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To all my fellow GLPer's with Comcast Xfinity internet!! | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 27559799  United States07/24/2014 11:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | now, that may very well be from another provider/subscriber, but it's still annoying as it goes toward explaining the lack of parking around here sometimes. I get why I see so many cars glowing blue at night - it's like I am subsidizing people's internet. Thanks for thread - will look to disconnect asap :IMangry: |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 23943453 United States07/24/2014 11:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I noticed yesterday that all of a sudden I had a new wifi signal in my house named, "xfinitywifi". BULLSHIT Quoting: rockhuff Comcast has turned my router into one of those public hotspots. Fuck that. IT WILL SUCK your bandwidth if you get some asshole freeloader hogging your signal. Won't count against your usage, but will slow YOUR PAID service down. I found a phone number that went DIRECTLY to a U.S. based Comcast Tech service person. No hold, no wait. The call took 5 minutes, I simply said that I wanted to opt-out of the free wifi on my router. The number is 855-308-9452. Good Luck!! Hey Rock, It's not so bad really. I have tested this out for two months now and found out that my internet speed has almost doubled. You won't see or even notice any drag on your end. Since it's only for comcast customers who have an account to log into internet there won't be any freeloaders. But can I add users (friends, family, etc) to my account with their own email addresses and passwords who do not pay Comcast. Wouldn't those log-ins work. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 40079752 United States07/24/2014 11:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
sinderclops
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 57846917 United States07/24/2014 11:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I noticed yesterday that all of a sudden I had a new wifi signal in my house named, "xfinitywifi". BULLSHIT Quoting: rockhuff Comcast has turned my router into one of those public hotspots. Fuck that. IT WILL SUCK your bandwidth if you get some asshole freeloader hogging your signal. Won't count against your usage, but will slow YOUR PAID service down. I found a phone number that went DIRECTLY to a U.S. based Comcast Tech service person. No hold, no wait. The call took 5 minutes, I simply said that I wanted to opt-out of the free wifi on my router. The number is 855-308-9452. Good Luck!! Hey Rock, It's not so bad really. I have tested this out for two months now and found out that my internet speed has almost doubled. You won't see or even notice any drag on your end. Since it's only for comcast customers who have an account to log into internet there won't be any freeloaders. But can I add users (friends, family, etc) to my account with their own email addresses and passwords who do not pay Comcast. Wouldn't those log-ins work. there is a setting inside your admin comcast account that lets you enable that option. You can set up email accounts for your family and give them permission to log into hotspots. It's under family controls. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58570838 United States07/24/2014 11:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every time I get pissed about my service with AT&T DSL, I think of the alternative with comcrap and suddenly AT&T isn't so bad anymore!! Quoting: chuckles45  As a former ATT DSL sub. I feel for you, if yours works fine for you, that's great, they literally forced me to get U-verse internet. They are phasing out DSL in favor of U-verse, that's what i was told on the phone when signing up. DSL service was horrible! but now, with U-verse, everything is great, getting my advertized speeds and have no problems at all after 3 months. Imagine that? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 60011338 United States07/24/2014 11:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 60684801 United States07/24/2014 11:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 53438271 United States07/24/2014 11:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| root@bt User ID: 26853195 United States07/24/2014 11:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | how did you know that you were not picking it up from another house? how would I be able to tell that it is coming from my router? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6858912 You won't dude. They paid congress big bucks to be able to do this shit so get with the program! Yes you can and its as easy as consulting a wifi topology map. You can use a program like "zenmap" to look at your wifi topology. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 53805149 United States07/24/2014 11:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58570838 United States07/24/2014 12:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every time I get pissed about my service with AT&T DSL, I think of the alternative with comcrap and suddenly AT&T isn't so bad anymore!! Quoting: chuckles45 Every time I think about AT&T DSL while I'm surfing at 25mb/s I laugh at you idiots. Paying half of your income to get those speeds, (if you can even achieve those speeds lol) makes you the idiot. |
| rockhuff
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| PlasticDuck
User ID: 54937860 United States07/24/2014 12:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So... I'm a CMTS engineer and can answer all these questions for you guys. There appears to be some serious misinformation here, and some valid concerns. On the other hand I'm not supposed to let you all know who I work for because I'm not authorized to speak on their behalf and I don't want to hijack the thread. what you guys think? Should I start up and new AMA thread? "Some animals are created more equal than others" - Animal Farm "although encumbered everywhere, I am free." |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 23943453 United States07/24/2014 12:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I noticed yesterday that all of a sudden I had a new wifi signal in my house named, "xfinitywifi". BULLSHIT Quoting: rockhuff Comcast has turned my router into one of those public hotspots. Fuck that. IT WILL SUCK your bandwidth if you get some asshole freeloader hogging your signal. Won't count against your usage, but will slow YOUR PAID service down. I found a phone number that went DIRECTLY to a U.S. based Comcast Tech service person. No hold, no wait. The call took 5 minutes, I simply said that I wanted to opt-out of the free wifi on my router. The number is 855-308-9452. Good Luck!! Hey Rock, It's not so bad really. I have tested this out for two months now and found out that my internet speed has almost doubled. You won't see or even notice any drag on your end. Since it's only for comcast customers who have an account to log into internet there won't be any freeloaders. But can I add users (friends, family, etc) to my account with their own email addresses and passwords who do not pay Comcast. Wouldn't those log-ins work. there is a setting inside your admin comcast account that lets you enable that option. You can set up email accounts for your family and give them permission to log into hotspots. It's under family controls. I can only imagine how many people get a good signal on this but are not paying Comcast, so they have a friend who does add them as a secondary email account so they can use it. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58862403 United States07/24/2014 12:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 60169193 United States07/24/2014 12:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1508876 United States07/24/2014 12:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I noticed yesterday that all of a sudden I had a new wifi signal in my house named, "xfinitywifi". BULLSHIT Quoting: rockhuff Comcast has turned my router into one of those public hotspots. Fuck that. IT WILL SUCK your bandwidth if you get some asshole freeloader hogging your signal. Won't count against your usage, but will slow YOUR PAID service down. I found a phone number that went DIRECTLY to a U.S. based Comcast Tech service person. No hold, no wait. The call took 5 minutes, I simply said that I wanted to opt-out of the free wifi on my router. The number is 855-308-9452. Good Luck!! I knew about this 2 months ago and Comcrap isn't even in my state. |
Trained Noticer
Forum Moderator User ID: 45074321 United States07/24/2014 12:39 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well I knew something was going on. They wanted us to upgrade our modem. I got one off of Amazon and I've always had this funny feeling they are setting me up. Quoting: polewalker Thank you for putting this up They have contacted me several times wanting me to upgrade my modem. I couldn't figure out why. Thanks, now I know! For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible. (Stuart Chase) It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. (Mark Twain) |
| FBHO
User ID: 17741153 United States07/24/2014 12:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Are you using the rented router and or modem/router combo? It's best not to use their crap for this reason. I purchased my own Motorola Surfboard SB6141 modem and Asus N66W wireless router new from Amazon and do not have those issues. Make sure to turn disable WPS as anyone tech geek can hack into your router. Last Edited by FBHO on 07/24/2014 12:43 PM Marxism is the true enemy of our civilization. What is Cultural Marxism: [link to www.bitchute.com (secure)] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 60680241 United States07/24/2014 12:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Learn about the devices you use in your own home...and avoid jumping to conclusions without evidence. |
| PlasticDuck
User ID: 54937860 United States07/24/2014 12:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well I knew something was going on. They wanted us to upgrade our modem. I got one off of Amazon and I've always had this funny feeling they are setting me up. Quoting: polewalker Thank you for putting this up They have contacted me several times wanting me to upgrade my modem. I couldn't figure out why. Thanks, now I know! The probably want you to upgrade because you modem is slowing down the rest of the mac domain. Do you have a D3 modem or is it D2.0/D1.1 IF it's an older model it isn't bonding and your slowing down whatever CMTS upgrade they are doing. "Some animals are created more equal than others" - Animal Farm "although encumbered everywhere, I am free." |
| PlasticDuck
User ID: 54937860 United States07/24/2014 12:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every time I get pissed about my service with AT&T DSL, I think of the alternative with comcrap and suddenly AT&T isn't so bad anymore!! Quoting: chuckles45 105mbit downstream and soon to be 150. After they finish the D3.1 upgrade I'll be looking a Gbit speeds, while ATT is still trying to figure out vectoring. "Some animals are created more equal than others" - Animal Farm "although encumbered everywhere, I am free." |
| PlasticDuck
User ID: 54937860 United States07/24/2014 12:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every time I get pissed about my service with AT&T DSL, I think of the alternative with comcrap and suddenly AT&T isn't so bad anymore!! Quoting: chuckles45 Every time I think about AT&T DSL while I'm surfing at 25mb/s I laugh at you idiots. Paying half of your income to get those speeds, (if you can even achieve those speeds lol) makes you the idiot. 25/5 from ATT cost $70 per month. 50/5 from Comcast cost $60. I fail to see your logic. If $60 per month is half your income you probably should move out of the cardboard box and look for another job. "Some animals are created more equal than others" - Animal Farm "although encumbered everywhere, I am free." |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 54491910 United States07/24/2014 12:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every time I get pissed about my service with AT&T DSL, I think of the alternative with comcrap and suddenly AT&T isn't so bad anymore!! Quoting: chuckles45 105mbit downstream and soon to be 150. After they finish the D3.1 upgrade I'll be looking a Gbit speeds, while ATT is still trying to figure out vectoring. D3.1 for the win!!!! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 2061399 United States07/24/2014 12:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 50385695 United States07/24/2014 01:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| PlasticDuck
User ID: 54937860 United States07/24/2014 01:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Anyone know how to test if you are having Quoting: Anonymous Coward 2061399 your network hijacked by a phantom network? I'm new in town and comcast xfinity is called Comcastream and IP addresses work a bit differently That's another story but - how to test this? Need clarity on the Phantom network that you speak of but I'll try to help. If you asking about another user surfing on your internet log into the router should be a 192.168 address just google it and you can see the MACs that have joined. If you having problem with another network it's probably because the channels are over lapping. 1,6,11 are standard channels to use but people deviate from this without knowing what they are doing. see what channels they are using and give yourself some space by jumping to one of the other channels mentioned above. "Some animals are created more equal than others" - Animal Farm "although encumbered everywhere, I am free." |
| WinterWx
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 18343883 United States07/24/2014 01:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks for the heads up OP ! Just called and opted out. I was wondering what that was all about. No wonder it has been slow lately. We live downtown so everybody has probably been using it. So glad you had a direct number too. Thanks again :) |
