Comcast Experiments With Free Wi-Fi

January 30th, 2009 · Tags:Gadgets

Interesting report from Broadband DSL Reports:

Comcast Engaged in Free Wi-Fi Trial
Working with Cablevision on Wi-Fi trial in New Jersey

See the entire story at:

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Engaged-in-Free-WiFi-Trial-100573?nocomment=1

Broadband Reports has learned that Comcast is engaged in trials that may (or may not) result in the company offering Comcast customers free Wi-Fi.

According to sources within Comcast, the cable giant has been studying Cablevision’s free Wi-Fi operations with great interest, and today launched a technical trial offering Wi-Fi service near New Jersey Transit commuter rail stations throughout the New Jersey region.

According to the source, users are required to sign into the service by entering their Comcast.net usernames and passwords before they are allowed to access the Internet via the Wi-Fi Hot Zones.