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Re:Comcast turns 50,000 paying customer homes into public ho... by DanBC on Sunday June 15, 2014 @08:32AM (#7895087)
UK doesn't have any concept of "commin carrier".

BT, a large company in the UK, has done exactly this, using a collaboration with FON to start but using their own tech now. This has been happening for years.

http://ais.globalservices.bt.com/static/assets/insights_and_...

EDIT: the wikipedia article shows many FON collaborations with large telecoms providers across Europe.

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Re:Comcast turns 50,000 paying customer homes into public ho... by huhtenberg on Sunday June 15, 2014 @10:07AM (#7895251)
Yep, except Fon has an opt-out option, it's opt-in to begin with in a lot of places and it's done with user's knowledge and explicit permission, not behind their backs as Comcast did it.

So, no, what Comcast did is not quite common in Europe.

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Re:Comcast turns 50,000 paying customer homes into public ho... by lotsofmangos on Sunday June 15, 2014 @10:45AM (#7895316)
Comcast's service has an opt out option and was announced a year ago. I don't like to be standing up for them, but you are misrepresenting things a bit.
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