What is their endgame?

upgraded botnet

Probably lets them do real time deep packet inspection or some shit.

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>>58539471
allowing your strangers to congest your spectrum with their wifi signals. pic related. it gets worse during hours when normies are awake doing stuff.

Just take it anon, free shit is always good. You don't have to use it, just take it.

they offer it because their routers all broadcast a second ssid named xfinitywifi

they advertise that their service is "available everywhere" so someone with an available subscription can sign in their wireless devices to anyone that has an account with them, anywhere someone has that router from the company

so thats their incentive

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>>58539508

>>58539471
to replace your DOCSIS 1-2 modem with DOCSIS 3

If they can make everyone do it, they can drop support for the older versions and cut costs

they will of course keep every cent of this savings, because they're an ISP and that's how they do

DOCSIS 3 really is an improvement though.


My suggestion: install your own DOCSIS 3 router/modem rather than comcast's compromised bullshit

>>58539471
Why is that link blue? Can you click on it?

>>58539552
This.

Any other personal details they wanted could be obtained easier and cheaper from a data mining company than by sending out compromised routers you silly tinfoilers.

>>58539563
Yea, I have to be careful and not let my finger accidentally touch it, or else I'll be getting that useless box in the mail

Oh wait, already happened with your mom.

>>58539471

Those gateways are shit. My brother has to reboot his daily to keep it working.

>>58539578
Don't ever reply to me again.

>>58539471
You have an older modem that has reached EOL, and Comcast no longer supports it.

I've been using one like that for over 2 years, and I never got a notice. But I eventually did have to upgrade when I got faster internet.

>>58539625
I'll just reply to your wife's son

>>58539508
>>58539524
except it's probably rented.

OP don't do it, telco hardware is like a cancer. Do this >>58539552

>>58539497

they also have next to zero options

>>58539471
>What is their endgame?- 16 posts and 2 image replies shown.
they want to track you better so they're now giving you a modem with MITM capability.

>>58539637
lol no you didn't

>>58539552
The sooner we have DOCSIS 3.1 full duplex the better.

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>>58539508
>comcast
>free

normie here, I still have the router Time Warner gave me 4 years ago

what do?

>>58539943
get your own router. they are not that expensive

>>58539817
If he got speeds greater than 150 Mbps he did.

They want to lock you into their platform by having proprietary solutions that the hardware they give you rely on.

Do they actually just gift you a modem? Sell it or something, buy a proper one if you feel a need. Just don't use it.

>>58539523
the free wifi actually helped me watch animes and Linus when I had to wait in the doctor's office
>you just have to confirm you're a real comcast customer
>i already disabled wifi anyway on my modem

>>58540080
>>i already disabled wifi anyway on my modem
Except you cant. It is managed remotely just as the speeds on your modem are.

>>58539471
>not using your own router
If you're paying rental fees, you're a pleb.

>>58540100
>not desoldering the WiFi chip

>>58540180
Except you didnt because you're a noiron. You'd be retarded to when you can just unplug the antennas.

>>58539471
They turn your 'free' modem into a wireless public hotspot.

Or they fucking gouge you later in rental fees, I dunno.....

>>58540180
>>58540129
>>58540100
There's the possibility that you don't actually own the modem and they'll charge you if you tamper with it. Basically, you're enabling them a backdoor to your WLAN and home.

>>58540258
>There's the possibility that you don't actually own the modem and they'll charge you if you tamper with it.
Plug the antennas back in when you send it back to them.

> Basically, you're enabling them a backdoor to your WLAN and home.
They already have one if you use their router regardless of whether or not it offers xfinitywifi. And if it did it would still be separated at layer two you retard.

>>58539471
Oy vey goyim, just shut up and take the damn modem with NSA backd-- advanced security settings.

It's Comcast. Of course it's a scam. Why do you even need to ask? If some guy in a mask pulls up next to you in an unmarked van while you're walking down the sidewalk and offers you a drink of water, would you take it?

>>58539523
sounds like a botnet

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>>58539471
>not owning your own modern

>>58539552
>buy SB6141 in october
>find out it's EOL in the modem database
God damn it

>>58539471
they want to turn your house into a wireless hotspot for other xfinity customers.

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>>58540589
>he doesn't 0wn other people's modems

Its useless get it if you want or don't get it.

There is technology to intercept all your data without having placed a bug in your computer. All your data goes to NSP which stores its data at data centers. If they were curious of you they would just snipe your information at the center or from the NSP.

This might make it easier for them to collect pattern data though. So they'll be able to see your behavior (not you specifically, just people in general) and have AI predict future trends.

This technology already exists. Look it up.

>>58539506
> Setting up AD for home network
> Being this autistic

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>>58541149
> Setting up AD for home network
My pic was a Cisco vWLC

>> Being this autistic
But I am and have AD and plenty of other things too like a Network Policy and Access cluster so I can do RADIUS authentication for when I VPN in or need to administer my Cisco or APC gear.

>>58539471
You here OP? I know that comcast were giving away wifi routers and modems because their wifi routers automatically created a customer hotspot. So you'll have your private ssid and another one for comcast customers to use when they're away from home. idk if they're still doing it

https://www.fastcompany.com/3039682/comcast-was-sued-for-quietly-making-your-homes-internet-part-of-the-sharing-economy

>>58541174
So jealous.
I wish I could run a proper server here, but most are too loud for my environment. What does your lab look like?

Virgin Media in the UK (Owned by liberty global now - HQ in Denver) were also trying this... didn't know until I came across a blog post about it. The opt-out is obscure and barely makes mention that this is what there up to. Also if you opt out as a customer you don't get to access the wifi network there creating, ha!

>>58541454
Also, all that shit must cost a fortune. Or is this all pirated software?

>>58541217
>https://www.fastcompany.com/3039682/comcast-was-sued-for-quietly-making-your-homes-internet-part-of-the-sharing-economy

they still are. I specifically purchased a stand-alone docsis 3.0 modem to not have my balls in their vice.

>>58541454
>What does your lab look like?
That ESXi box (Dual Xeon E5-2660v2, 160GB RAM, 8x 480GB enterprise class SSDs in a RAID 0, 8x 4TB enterprise class HDDs in a RAID 6 both behind a Areca 1883ix-24 RAID card, dual port 10GbE). The switch is a Cisco Catalyst 3750E. The gateway is a Cisco ASA 5510. I have a pair of Cisco Aironet 1140s as a wireless bridge, and another as an access point. APC SmartUPS 3000VA 208v UPS and a BackUPS 1500VA 120v UPS, and a pair of APC switched PDUs.

>>58541462
Pirated of course, if you need the keygens for ESXi/vCenter, they're easily found on torrent sites. The vWLC is licensed based on the honor system, and certcollection has a crack for Cisco Prime Infrastructure. Veeam also has cracks available on public torrent sites.

Comcast would never give you anything free.

They're profiting off you one way or another. >>58541217 Or they're terrified of Google and the un-cucking it brings. When Google Fiber was all the rave, Comcast increased internet speeds for free to all customers just so they stay calm. This could be one of those times, but unlikely.

I had their gateway because my old modem couldn't support the new DOCSIS so it literally just turned off until I went and rented one from Comcast. The thing fucking sucks. It's bulky as fuck and the control panel literally doesn't work. I'm not joking. It doesn't fucking work. Especially the parental controls. You know, for the wife's son, of course.

So, I went and bought my own modem for a few hundred dollars and used my old router with it. MUCH better.

Just buy your own. Because remember... Comcast can control that gateway all they want. So, they could do something else in the future. Furthermore, make sure to change your DNS.

>>58539505
Probably this. Decline and get your own modem.

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>>58541454
>but most are too loud for my environment
Also the ESXi box uses a SuperMicro 743 SuperQuiet which isnt that loud at all. And the Cisco 3750E is even quieter. It really only gets loud when I play vidya and the GPUs (dual GTX 980s) are under load and the fans spin up to 6k RPM

>>58543561
I wish I had friends like this :( Nice setup, though. SEems like a lot of fun

> Renting equipment from isp

Ishiggittydiggity

Does anyone in thread actually know anything about Comcast?

-The modem isn't free. Comcast charges $10-12 a month to rent any modem they offer, including the old one OP is currently using.

-As far as I know, customers get letters like the OP's if they're using a Comcast-supplied DOCIS 2 modem or something equally ancient. It's worth taking the new modem just for DOCIS 3, plus if you call Comcast for tech support they'll tell you to replace your modem if you're using an EOL model.

-Buying your own modem makes sense if you have internet only and not voice, or if you're in it for the long run. Internet modem = ~$60. Voice modem = ~$150 and they're often grey market.

-The Xfinity hotspot can't be turned off in the modem, but you can go into your account page online or call Comcast and they'll shut it off.

-Keeping the Xfinity hotspot on is for faggots, but if you're a Comcast customer surrounded by faggots it's awesome. I cancelled my data plan on my phone and wherever I go I'm using someone's public Xfinity wifi.

-I don't like them, but I've never had any chronic problems with Comcast gateways with clients.