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From: "Rod Beck" <rod.beck@unitedcablecompany.com>
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.
Spectrum, formerly Bright House, and I don't think they did it when they were still Road Runner/TWC, does it by splitting the RF into a separate Surfboard and a Ruckus AP; all they borrow from the business customer in question is a couple watts of AC and a square foot of backboard -- if you have one; they'll put the AP wherever is high enough and clear enough. The tradeoff is you get to use all the other ones. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274