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zupreme | 4 years ago

Comcast has been doing this for years. And unless you get your own modem, theirs tend to turn the feature back on (even if you turn it off) automatically at various intervals.

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sumthinprofound|4 years ago

First thing I did when I signed up for Xfinity was purchase my own cable modem. Cost under $50, ROI was less than a year at the $5 monthly equipment fee. But the Peace of Mind of not having to worry about public traffic on the device is priceless.

sumthinprofound|4 years ago

Additionally, I feel keeping the cable modem / router separate is important because my internal network traffic is none of my ISP's business.

easton|4 years ago

They give you unlimited data way cheaper if you have their modem though. I just check every so often to make sure the SSID is off.

nkellenicki|4 years ago

I used my own cable modem with Xfinity for this very reason.

The more annoying part is if your cell service is with Xfinity Mobile - their sim makes your iPhone automatically join Xfinity public hotspots, and there seems to be no way to turn it permanently of. It comes back on periodically.

The performance on these hotspots is terrible.