Apple Open Networks--Are they safe?

I had a personal network I was using to connect to the internet, until one day, that one was dropped and an open apple network took its place. I have no idea what/where this apple network came from or if it is safe to use. I cannot get back to using my own network no matter how hard i try.
it seems that the airport is using the apple network to connect to the internet and wants to use my personal network only as computer to computer network.
Are these apple networks safe, or should i call apple care to get my own network back?

Try the following if you use AirPort "Preferred Networks":
o System Preferences > Network > Show > AirPort
o Delete all the preferred networks.
o Run the Keychain Access utility (located in /Applications/Utilities).
o From within the utility, sort by the "Kind" field. Remove any keychain entries with the Kind of AirPort, and then exit the utility.
o Create a new preferred network for the wireless network you want to connect to.

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