Re:Apple AirTags draining battery of devices close by
by smcl on Friday March 11, 2022 @04:33AM
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Does anyone know how much use these get? When I'm travelling I see them all over the place, but I haven't personally ever used them (or met anyone who did) and never had any idea how to get credentials for them
Re:Apple AirTags draining battery of devices close by
by sokoloff on Friday March 11, 2022 @05:42AM
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I use the Xfinity one all the time (and have customer-owned equipment in my end, so I don’t even provide an Xfinity hotspot at home).
On that one, you login with your Xfinity account.
Re:Apple AirTags draining battery of devices close by
by ChrisMarshallNY on Friday March 11, 2022 @05:17AM
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In the case of Optimum/Altice (Long Island, NY), you use the credentials for your Web login account (which carries its own risk, as that’s also your billing portal).
I don’t feel that it works especially well. They make it difficult to log into different hot spots. They have a “remember this device” thing, that doesn’t work very well.
Usually, not. You get the full bandwidth of your DSL line when you need it, the hotspot either only gets what remains (aka is in idle) or has its own PPPoE session that lives outside of your contractual bandwidth limit (obviously that one only works when the line bandwidth is greater than the bandwidth you're paying for).