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AIBU?

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To expect NOT to get wireless internet 'waves' coming through the walls from BOTH next door neighbours?

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flibbertyjibbet · 03/07/2007 10:51

I just got a 2nd hand laptop which I was told is wireless enabled. Well fine I thought but we don't want to go wireless for the same reasons I wouldn't want to live near a pylon.
So imagine my surprise when turning it on, I found I was getting 'a wireless (thingy) has been detected'. Its from next door one way. But then last night we still got it and next door are on hols, so I asked the other neighbour this morning and it was him! So we are getting it through thick brick walls from two directions! I feel like I am getting double the dose of something that I don't want at all!

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CodOVeneer · 04/07/2007 17:32

We can pickup 10 wireless connections, including our own. 8 (including our own are coded) 2 aren't. What annoys me is my computer connects primarily to one of the unsecured ones (despite being set to connect preferentially to our own), and I have to manually disconnect and then reconnect to ours. I am orried that whilst connected to someone elses they may be able to acess my computer and hence any important info. Is that possible?

LadyTophamHatt · 04/07/2007 17:30

we've recently had to go wireless and I hate it.

it scares me (another thing to add to my "scared of" list) because they may very well be saying ita safe, can't harm you etc etc etc but who know what it will have done to us in 5, 10, 15yrs time?

I really don't like it, not one bit....

americantrish · 04/07/2007 17:21

your neighbours haven't secured their wireless connections. not very smart of them. we can pick up connections in our neighbourhood. you should be able to turn it off so you dont always see what wireless networks it finds. we dont very see the ones we detect unless we look.
personally, i wouldnt worry about it.

persuming you have your own wireless connection, just make sure its secured.

indignatio · 03/07/2007 19:56

fj - think it maybe you taking abus comment too seriously - I read her post as a jokey one.

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flibbertyjibbet · 03/07/2007 19:47

Abu, I am sorry that you seem to take things so seriously. If you had read the whole thread you would have realised that this morning I got out of the wrong side of bed after a wasted day yesterday. A couple of teeny things annoyed me so I had a rant, got some sensible responses from other mners, and my sense of humour was restored before the time you got on my thread.

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AbuNahasapeemapetilon · 03/07/2007 15:33

Go live somewhere without electricity - that'll sort it

p.s. do you have a mobile?

TechieChild · 03/07/2007 15:01

lol.. I was setting up a wireless network card and I picked up 6 wireless networks that did not belong to the school where I work.

ViciousSquirrelSpotter · 03/07/2007 11:23

LOL, it is a bit like being grumpy about the modern world.

Am I being unreasonable to expect not to see these metal horseless carriages bombing around everywhere? Harumph.

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flibbertyjibbet · 03/07/2007 11:15

Have decided that I am bored waiting for delivery man and need something to occupy me and thus stop me ranting. Will go and get camera and take pics of the pile of stuff in bedroom that has been earmarked for ebay for months and months and I moan I have no time to list things (cos I'm on mumsnet).

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LennyLapin · 03/07/2007 11:15

we had wifi banned at work, but it was a security issue, not a safety one

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flibbertyjibbet · 03/07/2007 11:13

Ooo interesting piffle.... shall I get ranting again then?
One of my clients is an internet provider, he said they don't recommend wireless for work or colleges etc as it can go down and is generally less reliable than wires and plugs, so perhaps the schools want the better reliability?
OR just thought, perhaps the kids were wandering that BIT TOO FAR (ie to the pawn shop) with the wireless laptops so the head is putting plugs back on them?

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LennyLapin · 03/07/2007 11:12

Where are they taking wifi out of schools?

They are making entire cities one big wifi network (Bristol for example).

Piffle · 03/07/2007 11:11

but what is interesting is that they are taking wifi networks out of many schools so one wonders what the truth actually is and who is being told it...

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flibbertyjibbet · 03/07/2007 11:10

Oh at least my boiler is working today.
I am beginning to think I should be grateful to live in a street full of old fogies without internet connections (its t'internet round here btw) as it seems I am in a minority only having TWO radiating in!

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LennyLapin · 03/07/2007 11:08

Here, read this

On the basis of current evidence, the HPA does not consider there to be a problem with the safety of WLAN. If an explicit statement that exposures are within the ICNIRP guidelines is required, this would have to be obtained from the manufacturers; however, it could be argued that this is implicit in the CE marking.

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flibbertyjibbet · 03/07/2007 11:08

I suppose if its not harmful and I am getting the signals, could try to find out what their provider and passwords are then cancel our aol monthly fee
No cake in the house, hardly any milk, couldnt' get out yesterday thanks to delivery company. And no idea when they are coming today.

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Electroma · 03/07/2007 11:07

Dont worry, just try to rest assured that EVERYONE is exposed to these 'waves' almost all the time.

Think of folk who work in offices. All the millions of them..
Its in every school, every nursery, every university.
It is NOT a risk.

I have mine on in my house 24 hours, never switch it off as its broadband. Its on at my work too.

the waves are pretty much everywhere, 24 hours a day. Now, if they were harmful, do you think the people who control this would expose themselves, their families, their children to them? No.

They really, really do you no harm.

newlifenewname · 03/07/2007 11:07

flibberty, you usually make me laugh. I wish your bad mood away. You could come to mine but A I have no boiler today or tomorrow and B I have a wireless connection showing at least 3 other people radiating away in my front room.

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flibbertyjibbet · 03/07/2007 11:06

No I don't have a microwave.

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FlamingTomatoes · 03/07/2007 11:06

Go and have a very lovely cup of tea, and maybe a cake?

KrustyTheClown · 03/07/2007 11:06

I picked up 8 other signals the other day. Neighbours up to 3 doors down, both sides - other signals must have come from across the road!

FioFio · 03/07/2007 11:05

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LennyLapin · 03/07/2007 11:05

Have you got a microwave?

FioFio · 03/07/2007 11:04

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flibbertyjibbet · 03/07/2007 11:04

Oh god I'm in such a bad moooooood. Ranting about everything. Mainly I think because I am stuck in again today till pay per drop decide to arrive, after being in all day yesterday with no show. Will try to calm down and get off mn for a bit till I am feeling a bit more rational.

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