so moving into our new apartment, we called up comcast asking to transfer service. straightforward. they tell us the place already has service! someone forgot to cancel? so we'll need to wait. we check with the front desk, who calls the previous renters. they said they cancelled
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now it gets weird. we plug in the modem and router.... and it works. we have service. no, not using the neighbors wifi, the ethernet works. but then it gets weirder. we call them up, they tell us it's been cancelled this morning, and we can transfer now. here's the instructions
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okay. i give the instructions to my roommate who tells me nope. the internet's still working just fine.
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tired: comcast internet sucks and doesn't work wired: comcast internet works, and continues working, even when it's supposed to be off
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bonus points: the service is supposed to be tied to your modem, so you can't just plug in an arbitrary modem and get service. it does not make sense that were ever able to get service whatsoever.
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Fiora @ mandatory homestuck! Retweeted Jann Horn
okay actually maybe this could be it if we're moving from a location in the same apartment complex (~200m away).....https://twitter.com/tehjh/status/943201178191646720 …
Fiora @ mandatory homestuck! added,
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Replying to @FioraAeterna
yes, that's probably it. (Fun experiment: run Wireshark straight on the Ethernet coming out of the cable modem for 15 seconds. It's moderately terrifying.)
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but that doesn't have anything to do with it being a shared medium, right? AFAIU since DOCSIS does crypto between the modem and the other side of the cable, you can only see traffic that the provider's equipment explicitly sends you (apart from timing/size information)?
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