Tom’s Comments

• Jun 28th, 2015 @ 3:46am

  I changed my stance

  on Comcast Sued Over Router Update That Makes Your Wi-Fi Hotspot Public, Ignores Your Opt-Out Preferences
  The modem is very limited. So is the router. I can't change the NAT type without a static IP. I tried to get a static IP but Comcast actually disabled that part too. I called and they confirmed. I do a lot of gaming and need the NAT but I'm stuck. I considered changing services but my entire zip code can only use Comcast for cable. They made a deal with AT&T for residentials so they have the next town over.
  
  I WAS happy with the Hotspot though. Since xfinity has a data cap I would disconnect from my WiFi when I got close to the cap and connect to the Hotspot because it didn't track my data. But now they track the data no matter what your connected to, as long as you're signed in to your account. And now that non-Comcast users can pay to use the Hotspots my neighbors can disconnect their Internet and just use mine while I'm paying hundreds of dollars plus rent for the modem/router...
• Jan 20th, 2015 @ 5:41am

  Not such a bad thing

  on Comcast Sued Over Router Update That Makes Your Wi-Fi Hotspot Public, Ignores Your Opt-Out Preferences
  Although I do rejoice any time I get a chance to complain about Comcast, I don't have such a big problem with this. My hatred for Comcast began when they started capping data. It seems like the dumbest thing ever to me. Such a small amount of data for five people living in one house. But I do have one of these routers and when I connect to the hot spot, instead of my personal wifi, the data does not count against me. And I use a lot of data and so does my family. So now I'm able to use way more data then alotted by the cap. Now instead of them cheating me I get to cheat them this time. Not to mention how incredibly convenient it is that I can now connect to a hot spot almost every where I go without using mobile data either. I would much rather pay the $10 a month for the router instead of paying the penalty for the hundreds of data gigabytes I go over every month.