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Re:Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages by anigbrowl on Sunday December 10, 2017 @05:42PM (#15893878)
Do you know the public access point data is being attributed to customers' usage totals? Or does that just seem like the sort of thing they'd do?
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Re:Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages by Corrado on Sunday December 10, 2017 @07:51PM (#15894443)
Well, if it weren't I would connect everything I own to that guest access point and bypass my cap completely. Or perhaps the speed of that connection is very slow. But then it wouldn't be much use to other customers either.
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Re:Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages by jachee on Sunday December 10, 2017 @08:41PM (#15894605)
When you connect to an 'xfinitywifi' SSID, you have to authenticate with your comcast credentials. The usage is then tracked as yours, not whose-ever hotspot you hit.
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Re:Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages by rsingel on Monday December 11, 2017 @12:00AM (#15895253)
Last I saw, this wasn't actually being counted vs. datacaps for either the roaming user or the host.
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Re:Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages by phil21 on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @05:04PM (#15909942)
This works and you can do it today. You actually can get faster than your current service plan (assuming you aren't at the top-tier already) if you have a linux router you can set up for dual-wan.

Last I played with it, I could get an additional 35-40mbps or so out of a typical 100/25 comcast connection in my area.

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