Comcast Outage or Internet Service Down? Don’t Get into This Situation You know your Channel Bonding software is good—like really, really good—when Comcast internet service goes downfor eight hours and no one in your office notices. This was the case yesterday at Speedify’s Philadelphia HQ. The entire team was hard at work, pushing Git commits, designing new UI elements, and … Read More
How to Deal with Xfinity WiFi Hotspot Not Working Issues If you’re an Xfinity customer, one of the best perks is you can benefit from a national network of free public WiFi hotspots. Comcast is building this Home WiFi network using equipment rented to clients that broadcasts a secondary public WiFi network named “xfinitywifi” – see more about how it … Read More
Tired of Your Xfinitywifi Hotspot Not Working? Managing Wi-Fi on my smartphone is annoying. At home, I use Wi-Fi to get fast Internet without using my monthly cellular data. But when I leave the house, my Wi-Fi radio is still on, auto-connecting to known networks. Very often, that network will be a Comcast “xfinitywifi” free Wi-Fi hotspot, and that’s where … Read More
Entering into Evidence In late 2014, someone has gone and filed a class action lawsuit against Comcast over the Xfinity Public Hotspot fiasco. Turns out, the lawsuit talks at some length about my blog posts from earlier 2014, in which we tested the additional power used by Xfinity Home Hotspot routers. “When news broke that Comcast was turning consumers’ homes … Read More
With the hopes of creating a nationwide public WiFi network, Comcast has been pushing new Xfinity WiFi routers into its customers’ homes that broadcast a public wireless network in addition to the home Internet connection. It’s an interesting idea that has been embraced by some, but has raised questions about security with others. As a bandwidth-obsessed engineer, my immediate inclination … Read More
UPDATE: Comcast has reached out and indicated that they would like us to retest with both the residential equipment and newer business setup. We’ll update our results as soon as we receive this new hardware. | Comcast has been pushing new Xfinity WiFi routers onto subscribers that broadcast a public WiFi network in addition to their home Internet connection … Read More