04ctd
03-29-2015, 03:52 PM
you're paying Comcast a monthly fee (up to $10 in many areas) to rent hardware that's using your bandwidth (and around $30 in electricity annually) to effectively advertise and sell Comcast services.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141208/13222529362/comcast-sued-over-router-update-that-makes-your-wi-fi-hotspot-public-ignores-your-opt-out-preferences.shtml
Comcast Was Sued For Quietly Turning Customers' Home WiFi Into "Public" Hotspots
http://www.fastcolabs.com/3039682/comcast-was-sued-for-quietly-making-your-homes-internet-part-of-the-sharing-economy
Comcast is violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by exploiting customers for profit, using their electricity to help power the company's giant network—it can often be seen listed as "xfinitywifi" or "CableWiFi"—and never asking for permission in the process.
increased electricity from.. 30-40% higher electricity cost for the modem.
In the last three years, there were 31,980 complaints lodged against Comcast with the Better Business Bureau, compared to just 22,332 against AT&T—a company with three times as many customers.
As Daniel Kline wrote for the Motley Fool: "Very few companies are brazen enough to sell customers a service then piggyback its own product on top of it. But Comcast has not become one of the more disliked companies in the country by always playing nice."
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141208/13222529362/comcast-sued-over-router-update-that-makes-your-wi-fi-hotspot-public-ignores-your-opt-out-preferences.shtml
Comcast Was Sued For Quietly Turning Customers' Home WiFi Into "Public" Hotspots
http://www.fastcolabs.com/3039682/comcast-was-sued-for-quietly-making-your-homes-internet-part-of-the-sharing-economy
Comcast is violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by exploiting customers for profit, using their electricity to help power the company's giant network—it can often be seen listed as "xfinitywifi" or "CableWiFi"—and never asking for permission in the process.
increased electricity from.. 30-40% higher electricity cost for the modem.
In the last three years, there were 31,980 complaints lodged against Comcast with the Better Business Bureau, compared to just 22,332 against AT&T—a company with three times as many customers.
As Daniel Kline wrote for the Motley Fool: "Very few companies are brazen enough to sell customers a service then piggyback its own product on top of it. But Comcast has not become one of the more disliked companies in the country by always playing nice."