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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Comcast is getting ready to bid on spectrum as it prepares a move into the mobile broadband business.
Bidding under the name "CC Wireless Investment, LLC," Comcast submitted its application a few months ago and is now one of 62 qualified bidders announced by the Federal Communications Commission on Friday. These bidders have submitted down payments and met all the necessary requirements to participate in the auction, which is shifting 600MHz airwaves from TV broadcasters to wireless carriers. Bidding is scheduled to begin on August 16.
Comcast files to participate in FCC's broadcast TV spectrum auction.
Comcast has said it will only buy spectrum if the price is right, but there are ample signs that it is planning a mobile data service. Comcast has activated a Mobile Virtual Network Operator agreement with Verizon Wireless that will let Comcast resell the carrier's service, and it has created a new mobile division, Multichannel News reported. Comcast has also been developing a large network of Wi-Fi hotspots, in part by turning its cable Internet customers' home modems into hotspots.
(Score: 2) by archfeld on Tuesday July 19 2016, @10:27PM
Xfinity Wi-Fi is their public facing Wi-Fi network and they assign generic passwords to Comcast subscribers so you can access any hotspot. I installed some new Comcast cable modems for some friends and they have dual band inward facing Wi-Fi networks and a single band outward facing Xfinity Wi-Fi network. While setting up the modems I had access to the outward side briefly before their automated set-up app took over and the password for general users was hardcoded into the setup, but the admin password was assigned during automated setup.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 19 2016, @10:43PM
Password and password, what is password!
Stop watching Mr Robot. This has nothing to do with passwords.
See here a thread from 2011 about tunneling through Verizon's wide-open firewall.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/fulldisc/full-disclosure/82609 [gossamer-threads.com]
The year is 2016 and the same firewall hole is still so gaping wide you can push 15 Mbps through it.