Rod, that’s exactly how they are delivering it. Unclear wether it’s over a separately provisioned bandwidth channel, or wether it shares the aggregate capacity of the HFC.

I tend to agree, as the only hotspot service, customer CPE is generally inadequate.  However it can be a nice supplement, and some carriers are now experimenting with unlicensed CBRS chipsets in their CPE as well. 

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On Nov 20, 2020, at 3:26 PM, Rod Beck <rod.beck@unitedcablecompany.com> wrote:

Hey Gang, 

How do the cable companies generally deliver this service? A friend insists it piggybacks off the WIFI radios of existing cable company subscribers. In other words, the cable company WIFI router in a flat is providing both a private link for the flat's subscriber, but also a public hotspot service. 

I concede it is possible, but I am skeptical that the high quality of hotspot service we get here in Budapest could be achieved that way. 



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