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From: DevilsPGD on 21 Jun 2010 05:18
In message <43bdf4d6b6c226f419af97d76113b935(a)tatooine.homelinux.net>
starwars <nonscrivetemi(a)tatooine.homelinux.net> was claimed to have
wrote:

>Puzzled as to why a major provider would keep two open routers, major brands,
>allowing anyone to configure and connect while they are selling
>the same, but faster services in the same city. This appears to be a mesh network?
>Is this common?
>
>They run at about 3MB but throttle down to very low download speeds during
>certain scheduled hours, while their upload speeds remain fairly
>constant.
>
>Not a complaint, it's FREE and allows me to experiment :-)
>
>(apologies for any repetitions of this post, it's a reliability thing)

Are these city-wide routers, or did someone buy ISP server and leave
their router configured without any authentication?

In other words, what makes you think it's the major provider doing this?
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