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Comcast customer surprised to learn new router is also public hotspot

posted onFebruary 6, 2014
by l33tdawg

Comcast customer Ronaldo Boschulte didn't know exactly what he was getting when the company swapped his malfunctioning modem for a new one. The cable modem doubles as a Wi-Fi router—that much he was expecting. But he didn't realize the router would, by default, broadcast a public Wi-Fi network that anyone with a Comcast account could connect to.

Comcast working on new anti-piracy scheme, moving beyond "Six Strikes"

posted onAugust 6, 2013
by l33tdawg

Comcast is developing a new scheme to combat digital piracy in the United States, according to a new report from Variety. The country’s largest cable operator “has begun preliminary discussions with both film and TV studios and other leading Internet service providers about employing technology, according to sources, that would provide offending users with transactional opportunities to access legal versions of copyright-infringing videos as they’re being downloaded.”

Comcast declined Ars’ request for comment.