Comcast sued for turning residential routers into hotspots [telecom]

Dec 09, 2014 1 Replies

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Neal McLain 11 years ago

By Daniel Frankel, FierceCable, December 9, 2014

Two Northern California residents have launched a class action suit in a San Francisco federal court against Comcast, claiming the cable company's shared Wi-Fi routers use too much electrical power, violate their privacy and slow their network.

The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on behalf of Pittsburg, Calif., resident Toyer Grear and his daughter Joycelyn Harris. They claim Comcast is "exploiting them for profit" by using their leased gateway to support the MSO's rollout of its Wi-Fi network.

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Barry Margolin 11 years ago

Since you can easily opt out, do they really have a case? Does it have to be opt-in? Is it a case of improper disclosure?

Of course, if they really want to save money, they should buy their own router and stop paying the extra monthly rental fees. They could also buy their own cable modem and save an additional fee.

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