BTW, feel free to refer back to my 2014 blog statement on this at https://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/setting-the-record-straight-on-....

Jason

From: tor-relays tor-relays-bounces@lists.torproject.org on behalf of "Livingood, Jason via tor-relays" tor-relays@lists.torproject.org Reply-To: "tor-relays@lists.torproject.org" tor-relays@lists.torproject.org Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 14:43 To: "tor-relays@lists.torproject.org" tor-relays@lists.torproject.org Cc: Jason Livingood Jason_Livingood@comcast.com Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Do they use their own modem/router?

This thread mentions “Advanced Security” and you can learn more about that at https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/using-xfinity-xfi-advanced-securityhttps://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.xfinity.com/support/articles/using-xfinity-xfi-advanced-security__;!!CQl3mcHX2A!HeJfTFO9PYjskQKoX0pF6nd0myfZCjx1gnnXFAKVDpF_x2krlJQcBix015xoehbZcYJK4X2zGQ2b6pvQKA6Wklz1P4hIRSnkraU$. This feature can only be used with a leased Xfinity gateway like the XB7 or XB8. There are a great many cable modems that customers can and do buy in retail stores that do not have such features – like the Arris S33 cable modem. So, a customer that has Advanced Security has in essence (1) chosen to use an XB gateway rather than buy their own modem & router in retail and manage it themselves, and (2) turned on Advanced Security.

If the customer in question that is using Advanced Security wishes to turn it off, they can do so in the Xfinity app (or turn the modem into ‘bridge mode’ and use their own router, or use their own modem).

I’m happy to help answer other questions.

Jason Livingood Technology Policy, Product & Standards Comcast