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Re:BeWifi lets you steal your neighbor’s bandwidth when they... by SudoNick on Saturday January 25, 2014 @01:52PM (#7121791)
Well, there is Comcast's program to deploy dual-WiFi APs. One side for the subscriber, one side for Comcast to use as it sees fit (public hotspot being a declared use):

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/comcas...

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Re:BeWifi lets you steal your neighbor’s bandwidth when they... by walshemj on Saturday January 25, 2014 @02:07PM (#7121868)
so Comcast is going to be paying me for the use of my facilities to host its plant cool - just like if i have a telegraph pole on my land I get rent.
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Re:BeWifi lets you steal your neighbor’s bandwidth when they... by SudoNick on Saturday January 25, 2014 @03:14PM (#7122174)
It doesn't hurt to dream. Normally ;) BTW, this type of thing might be or become more widespread than I initially thought: http://www.cablewifi.com/
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