[NNagain] Re: can I change the subject?

["Livingood, Jason" <Jason_Livingood@comcast.com>]

> 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.

It is quite common for ISPs to do this, especially when they also operate a 5G network, as they broadcast a hidden SSID that a mobile phone will use instead of 5G - carries offload onto WiFi about 80-90% of mobile data. For example, you may but service from “ISP X” and you buy wireline service and 5G mobile service and (via handset carrier settings) you handset will see the hidden SSID and connect to that rather than the 5G network.

That said, getting 10 Mbps vs 300 Mbps sounds like you are not correctly provisioned in the network or having some other significant impairment - and you should contact your ISP to fix it.

> I turned off the wifi and my new link immediately showed the usual 300
> mbps.

Sounds like some sort of misconfiguration or significant performance bug in the gateway software. As noted above you should contact the ISP.

> 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.

Doubtful. You may want to be more concerned about the tracking that occurs at the application layer and via mobile handset apps.

JL