<p>Chicago Tribune reporter Robert Channick on Comcast turning Chicago homes into public Wi-Fi hot spots. (Posted on: March 5, 2014)</p><p>Comcast customers looking for a Wi-Fi hot spot might want to try their neighbor's yard.</p><p>The cable and Internet provider has begun to turn hundreds of thousands of Chicago-area homes into virtual coffee shops, using existing Comcast equipment to build out its publicly accessible wireless network.</p><p>The neighborhood hot spots initiative, rolling out during the next several months, will send a separate Wi-Fi signal from Comcast-issued home equipment, enabling anyone within range to get online. Soon, entire residential blocks will begin to show as hot spots on Xfinity's Wi-Fi mobile app, the company said Tuesday.</p><p><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/technology/chi-chicago-public-wifi-comcast-20140304,0,5623448.story">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/03/05/comcast-will-turn-your-chicago-home-into-a-public-wifi-hotspot/">Comcast Will Turn Your Chicago Home into a Public WiFi Hotspot</a> (Gotta Be Mobile)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d3l7Mi7sZlIg9xMmv2rNaUnnA0IYM&authuser=0&ned=us">205 additional articles.</a></p>