Re: WiFI on utility poles

[Phil Bedard <bedard.phil () gmail com>]

There are Comcast people on the list who may have more info, but it’s just expansion of their WiFi hotspot network and 
part of the CableWifi consortium.  http://www.cablewifi.com, or you can go to http://wifi.xfinity.com to see Comcast’s 
specific deployment.  

Cable companies have thousands of strand-mount Wifi APs deployed at this point.   


Phil 




-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG on behalf of "Michael T. Voity"
Organization: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 21:52
To: <nanog () nanog org>
Subject: Re: WiFI on utility poles

> Sorry folks,   attachment didn't work.  Here is the link -
>
> https://www.uvm.edu/~mvoity/pole.JPG
>
> -Mike
>
> Michael  Voity
> University of Vermont
>
> On 9/9/15 9:24 PM, Michael T. Voity wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Today another colleague and I discovered the famous 'xfinitywifi' ,'CableWIFi', 'CoxWiFi' and a new one 'XFINITY' on 
> > our University campus.   After doing some poking around on campus we found these gems (attached picture) on 2 
> > utility poles that pass by our east campus.    Standing underneath it I got a -46 RSSI in both 5 and 2.4Ghz, maybe 
> > 75-100 yards away inside our hockey fieldhouse, through  lots of brick, cinder blocks and metal, I was still picking 
> > the 2.4Ghz at -64.
> >
> > Looks like the unit is getting power from the coax.
> >
> >
> > My question is,   I've done a little poking around and have not found anything substantial to learn more information 
> > about this Comcast program.
> >
> >
> > Any insight would be nice!
> >
> >
> > Michael Voity
> > University of Vermont