[DouglasKC]

Amazon is not the first company to look to create such a network. Apple has taken a similar approach with the company’s range of AirTag item trackers, which can connect to the internet through any compatible iPhone they come into contact with, not simply their owner’s. Wait. What?

Xfinity has been doing it for quite a while on their routers as well. If you rent one from them it automatically sets up a hot spot that others can use. Wall to wall internet. It's why I bought my own cable modem/router.

[Jane Long]

Good thing we don’t have Xfinity. 😱

[DaveArk]

I turned mine off.

[dennisw]

“Xfinity has been doing it for quite a while on their routers as well. If you rent one from them it automatically sets up a hot spot that others can use. Wall to wall internet. It’s why I bought my own cable modem/router.”

Thanks. I did not know this. I am w Xfinity and have my own router. I pay for 100mbs but was getting much lower. I thought I would need to buy a newer router. So...... I unplugged my router and modem for 20 minutes. Plugged back in. Now I get my 100mbs.