Plume has recently been pitching itself as a consumer experience management (CEM) platform for service providers, rather than a mesh WiFi vendor in the mold of AirTies. However, its WiFi access points continue to be central to Comcast’s xFi service. Plume was behind the first generation of xFi Pods from Comcast, powered by 2×2 WiFi silicon from Qualcomm, and the new generation is also based on Plume’s SuperPod design. The initial task Plume was handed by Comcast in 2018 was not only to develop a software agent running on the home gateway itself, to manage and collect KPI data for each connected xFi Pod, but also adapt it for the new Xfinity DOCSIS 3.1 gateways running Quantenna 8×8 MIMO chipsets.…