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Dear Linksys,

Please do this.

Imagine if by default all wifi access points publish a “Public <rand#>” SSID in addition to doing their normal stuff.  

- This public SSID is given < 10% of total available bandwidth to the access point.

- It’s outside my real network’s NAT zone and (if there were any) firewall so no security implication for me.

If all access points do this, the world is a nicer place. 10% is de minimis, i don’t mind that being used for free on my connection as a public server.

Technically there might be terms of use issue with say, my cable modem provider.  but if the % is low enough surely everyone can just say it’s all good.

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