[ale] Fwd: Comcast Converting 50, 000 Houston Home Routers Into Public WiFi Hotspots

[Bob Toxen]

I should think filing a suit in Magistrate Court asking for the return
of half of one's fees might get some money.

Bob

On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 05:06:49PM -0400, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> It occurs to me that land used to erect and operate an antenna (to
> include huge cell phone antennas) is not had for free; the antenna
> operator either leases or buys that land.  In my view, this should
> be no different:  opt-in in exchange for a discount...and the
> broadband operator shouldn't have the only say as to how much of a
> discount; that should perhaps fall into a PSC's wheelhouse.
> 
> On 6/10/14, 4:02 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
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> >http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/FTwWOjMf__8/story01.htm
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> >Comcast Converting 50,000 Houston Home Routers Into Public WiFi
> >Hotspots New submitter green453 writes: 'As a Houston resident
> >with limited home broadband options, I found the following
> >interesting: Dwight Silverman of the Houston Chronicle reports
> >(warning: paywalled) that Comcast plans to turn 50,000 home
> >routers into public Wi-Fi hotspots without their users providing
> >consent. Comcast plans to eventually convert 150,000 home routers
> >into a city-wide WiFi network. A similar post (with no paywall) by
> >the same author on the SeattlePI Tech Blog explains the change.
> >From the post on SeattlePI: "What's interesting about this move is
> >that, by default, the feature is being turned on without its
> >subscribers' prior consent. It's an opt-out system -- you have to
> >take action to not participate. Comcast spokesman Michael Bybee
> >said on Monday that notices about the hotspot feature were mailed
> >to customers a few weeks ago, and email notifications will go out
> >after it's turned on. But it's a good bet that this will take many
> >Comcast customers by surprise."' This follows similar efforts in
> >Chicago and the Twin Cities.
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> >Paul Cartwright
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> >Paul Cartwright
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