[Scan-DC] xfinity wifi / cable wifi / cox wifi

[Andrew Clegg]

Same here. 

Public hot spots are also built into newer Xfinity cable boxes so you can legally pilfer your neighbors' Internet. 


> On Jul 15, 2015, at 9:35 AM, andrew <amickert at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Alan,
> 
> Once you are connected to the Comcast hot spot you should get a comcast
> welcome page on a web browser and it should prompt you to enter your user
> name and password. You would enter your Comcast user name and password.
> 
> That's all I have done in the past to get connected.
> 
> Andrew
>> On Jul 15, 2015 1:21 AM, "Alan Henney" <alan at henney.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I have noticed in many neighborhoods hotspots with these identities, and
>> they are often deployed together.
>> 
>> They appear on the cable line, a small plastic enclosure often near the
>> pole.
>> 
>> Now that we have Comcast service, I would like to use this.  But after two
>> calls to Comcast tech support, they keep sending me off with useless info.
>> 
>> One tech told me I needed to download the Comcast app.  Another told me I
>> needed to log on using a user name and password and he created me one for
>> e-mail.  They seem clueless what I am talking about.
>> 
>> I can select the unencrypted xfinity hotspot, but if I start a browser, I
>> am not able to log on or connect to anything.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> Thanks.
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