[NNagain] Re: can I change the subject?

[Frantisek Borsik <frantisek.borsik@gmail.com>]

Was it a modem with Wi-Fi? You were trying to setup a mesh with UBNT APs,
then?

Wi-Fi Positioning System, WPS, leverages zonal accuracy to precisely locate
objects and people indoors - do you mean something like this?

All the best,

Frank

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On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM le berger des photons via Nnagain <
nnagain@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

> sorry,  haven't read the rules for here.
>
> I wanted to talk about what the operators here in France seem to be doing.
> Tell me if you figure I"m mistaken,  tell me if maybe the same thing is
> going on elsewhere.
>
> I changed operator at the beginning of the year, got into a long
> conversation with the installers.  Because of that I forgot to turn off the
> wifi on the box they'd delivered.
>
> The next day I configured a pair of ubnt devices to create a link.  Out of
> habit, I did a speedtest.  Got less than 10 mbps instead of the usual 300
> mbps.
>
> I understood why immediately.  The box was using the air for its own
> purposes.  I wasn't using the wifi on the box, nobody was.  The neighbors
> are far away.  I turned the wifi off on the box,  these last five years
> since they imposed their box when one orders a connection, it's been
> impossible to lower the power.  Both radios are on full blast. (either or
> both can be turned off).
>
> I turned off the wifi and my new link immediately showed the usual 300
> mbps.
>
> My theory is that they are using the wifi to constantly spy on the
> customer.  I'm figuring that they're using these microwave devices as
> optical cameras which can see through walls.
>
> Do you know anything about any of this?
>
> thanks
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