Give WiFi password to elderly neighbour?

[Justmuddlingalong]

My neighbour has a PAYG mobile. Is there a valid reason why I shouldn't or can't give her my wifi password so she can facetime her family and friends during lockdown? She's in her 80's and I've known her for years.

I would, not going to cost you anything and should make a real difference to her

Absolutely

I would in those circumstances.

Please do this. It is a very kind gesture, your neighbour will really appreciate it.

I wouldn't hesitate and I have shared wifi password with elderly neighbours before.

Waiting for someone to come along and point out all the dangers in this reckless behaviour

Do you trust her not to do anything illegal on the Internet that you wouldn't want going through your IP address or simply streaming 24/7 and busting your allowance?

She could get a Smarty, Giffgaff or similar similar sent to her within a couple of days that would give her a few Gb data for a few quid a month, along with unlimited calls and texts. You'd have to literally never use a PAYG phone to be spending less than that anyway.

Of course you should that's a lovely idea - you may need to get it set up for her, wi fi and facetime/whatsapp, and if she's like my dad make it a one touch call etc (or she might be a lot more savvy of course!) but that'll be great for her and her family.

I would. I know there are risks but the benefit to her will be enormous.

I think it’s fine
You can change your password once lockdown is over

Thanks for being such a good neighbour

My elderly neighbours have got mine. And my Sky Go which costs me enough so Id rather they had abit of entertainment or flats are right next door to each other. They also share my grocery slot. I cant get worked up about it.

She's a gentle soul. Has no known affiliation with any terrorism groups. Would be horrified at the thought of watching porn. 😁 I trust her and think that it's worth any small risk. She lives alone and is a lovely neighbour. I'd like to enable her to have contact with the outside world.

Absolutely I would.

Nice gesture but i can't help but wonder why her family arent facilitating this so she can keep in touch?

I would!

Absolutely would, yes. Lockdown must be so much worse without the ability to keep in touch with people.

I would.

Yes I would. Do you have a spare iPad to lend her too (not all the time but for when she makes calls)?

Oh do it, definitely. That would be so easy to do but so kind

I think that would be a lovely thing to do

@Whaddyathinkofthis If she has no phone line and WiFi the chance of anyone coming out to fit it now would be slim and even if they did it wouldn’t happen over night. So not sure the family could help?

Op I definitely would I think it’s a lovely gesture

Yes I would and have done for my neighbour.

She's used facetime before so can use it, but is worried about the cost of top ups. I'll give her a call and set her phone up if she's happy with that.

I would and have done for my neighbour so she can WFH. It makes no difference to me but a big difference to her so can see no reason not to (I trust her totally, she even asked me if it was OK for her to look at BBC news site on her lunch break! )

Of course

@Justmuddlingalong this is so nice of you, thank you 😊 please keep us updated and let us know if you set it up ok.