PORTLAND, Ore. — Comcast is working to blanket the Portland area with continuous Wi-Fi coverage, but to do so they are using modems and routers that their customers have in their homes. Critics argue ...

When Comcast flipped the switch that turned 50,000 of its customers' newer wireless routers into public hotspots on Tuesday, it took many of its subscribers by surprise. While some Comcast customers ...

Power outages usually last around two or three hours and often occur during storms that keep people trapped inside. Comcast says it has a solution for keeping internet connected in these situations.

Every month, when your Comcast bill arrives, chances are there's a charge included for renting the combination modem/router you use for internet access. It's $10 a month, and that means you are ...

Comcast has a brand new feature for its Internet subscribers called Xfinity Wi-Fi, but it's going about it the wrong way, likely making even more enemies in the process. SeattlePi reports that Comcast ...

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. — If you’re a Comcast cable customer, your home’s private Wi-Fi router is being turned into a public hotspot. It’s potentially creepy and annoying. But the upside is Internet ...

If you use a wireless Comcast router, there’s a very good chance that it’s functioning as a public hotspot for any Comcast customer wandering by. It needn’t be that way — I’ve got instructions for ...

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Hear the words "Wi-Fi router," and you usually think of that vertical slab decorated with ports and blinking lights, or a horizontal slab sprouting multiple antennas that resembles some kind monstrous ...

Comcast is being sued for forcing private routers to become public hotspots. In 2013, Comcast introduced Xfinity hotspots, which used customers’ existing Comcast routers to create a public internet ...