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Default Unfortunately your phone is not compatible ...

In Ed Pawlowski writes:

On 8/1/2020 8:48 PM, wrote:
"Unfortunately your phone is not compatible


Xfinity uses the Verizon network. ATT and Verizon use different
technology but some newer phones can use either.


This may help. Or visit your local Xfinity office
https://www.whistleout.com/CellPhone...nother-carrier

Xfinity also _heavily_ uses thei WiFi cloud [a], so if your
phone doesn't have wifi voice connection capability (most do
now, but not all, and the phone also has to be able to handle
the auto validation to Xfiniti..) then it won't work.

[a] the factory/default cable modem/wifi base they provide
subscribers has _two_ separate wifi IDs in it.

The first is your own home base, which will require
your own set of usernames and passwords. This will
only work on your own system.

HOWEVER, they've got a separate SSID (base station ID)
which is the same on _all_ the default factory cable modem bases.

Hence, if your Xfinity phone is in range of any of
the literally millions of these, then it'll hook
up via WiFi.

Similarly, if you have an xfinity account, you can
set your laptop to use that universal ID, and this
will let you use your laptop at, again, any of the
millions of hot spots.

Note that most customers do NOT realize their cable
modem base is semi public. There's no significant
downside to it, and it does NOT crimp down your
official account speed when people hook into it.

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