Google, Microsoft, Comcast Say Verizon’s New Cellular Tech Could Wreck Wi-Fi

Re:Google, Microsoft, Comcast Say Verizon’s New Cellular Tec... by JustSomeNobody on Monday December 07, 2015 @03:48PM (#10692575)

I'm actually torn on this. I mean, I like that they are trying to push for wifi everywhere. But I kind of thing they should restrict it to certain businesses (Malls, pizza joints, etc) and not residential. I don't ever find myself without wifi at home unless the entire freaking neighborhood is out too (common with Comcast).

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Re:Google, Microsoft, Comcast Say Verizon’s New Cellular Tec... by pconner on Monday December 07, 2015 @09:12PM (#10694332)

I thought that the xfinitywifi was just for Comcast subscribers. You can't call it "wifi everywhere" if it's only usable by certain people.

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Re:Google, Microsoft, Comcast Say Verizon’s New Cellular Tec... by JustSomeNobody on Monday December 07, 2015 @10:07PM (#10694520)

Excellent point.

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Re:Google, Microsoft, Comcast Say Verizon’s New Cellular Tec... by mjn on Monday December 07, 2015 @10:08PM (#10694522)

I think their goal is to get coverage of commercial areas partly through nearby residential subscribers, since lots of them are in mixed-use areas. Even if the pizza joint doesn't have Comcast, the apartment upstairs (or across the street) might. So Comcast has a bigger chance of getting xfinitywifi coverage to places like the pizza joint if they turn on the functionality for residential routers too.

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