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RE: Cable Company Hotspots
From: Steven Shalita via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:36:07 -0800
That is how Comcast (in the US) does it. They have a single gateway that provides the subscriber services and then allows a public hotspot. Various levels of authentication are used so only “customers” can access via their login, or truly public. They have different QoS for the “subscriber” and hot spot. In business environments they do the same ting, splitting the business customers gateway into the customer and the hotspot traffic. Now not sure about how this might be for Europe with local regulations, but technically it is done all the time. *From:* NANOG <nanog-bounces+sshali=pluribusnetworks.com () nanog org> *On Behalf Of *Rod Beck *Sent:* Friday, November 20, 2020 3:27 PM *To:* nanog () nanog org *Subject:* Cable Company Hotspots Hey Gang, How do the cable companies generally deliver this service? A friend insists it piggybacks off the WIFI radios of existing cable company subscribers. In other words, the cable company WIFI router in a flat is providing both a private link for the flat's subscriber, but also a public hotspot service. I concede it is possible, but I am skeptical that the high quality of hotspot service we get here in Budapest could be achieved that way. Roderick Beck VP of Business Development United Cable Company www.unitedcablecompany.com New York City & Budapest rod.beck () unitedcablecompany com Budapest: 36-70-605-5144 NJ: 908-452-8183
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- Cable Company Hotspots Rod Beck (Nov 20)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots Brandon Svec (Nov 20)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots Luke Guillory (Nov 20)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots Harry McGregor (Nov 20)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots Jay Hennigan (Nov 20)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots Jay R. Ashworth (Nov 21)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots Lady Benjamin PD Cannon (Nov 22)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots Livingood, Jason via NANOG (Nov 30)
- RE: Cable Company Hotspots Steven Shalita via NANOG (Nov 22)
- RE: Cable Company Hotspots kwoody (Nov 22)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots J. Hellenthal via NANOG (Nov 22)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots Jay Hennigan (Nov 22)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots Rod Beck (Nov 23)
- RE: Cable Company Hotspots Steven Shalita via NANOG (Nov 23)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots Chris Adams (Nov 22)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots J. Hellenthal via NANOG (Nov 22)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots Brandon Svec (Nov 20)
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- Re: Cable Company Hotspots Rob Seastrom (Nov 23)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots Rod Beck (Nov 23)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots Thomas Scott (Nov 23)
- Re: Cable Company Hotspots Rod Beck (Nov 23)