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When to cut the neighbours internet connection off?

191 replies

Sammyham88 · 12/09/2018 01:01

New neighbours moved in across the hall from me yesterday. They knocked on to introduce themselves and ask if they could get the password for the wifi, their English was very broken and I'd just got out the shower so feeling a tad embarrassed being stood there with sopping wet hair and also not wanting to coming across rude on our first meeting just gave it to them..

However my connection is shite now, everything is taking ages to load or stream and I'm kinda worried that with our struggling to communicate properly they think the wifi is included like I've had in other buildings I've lived in before, really don't want to bring up this issue so soon when I've only just met them and given them the code.

AIBU to give it two weeks and then change the password and if they say anything respond by saying I'd have thought they'd probably have their own connection set up by now or should I stop being a wuss, give it a couple of days and then pop around to explain the situation? After having a complete arse living across from before I really don't want us to get off on the wrong foot

OP posts:
HonestReally · 12/09/2018 12:39

Nothing irritates me more than people abusing a persons good nature

The neighbours were a little cheeky but they only asked!! The OP could easily have said no.

PhilomenaButterfly · 12/09/2018 12:41

Why the fuck did you give them the password?

TacoFriday · 12/09/2018 12:55

@KeneftYakimoski. Amy, is that you?

Same exact writing style and expressions as an American woman who was a self proclaimed expert at everything she paraphrased from Wiki and a student IT expert use to wither about on an Egyptian board circa early 2000s. Bloody scary if you’re still around and have the same mental health issues you had back then. I’m sure you’re going to tell me I’m wrong but yeah. Same weird way of writing.

Juells · 12/09/2018 12:56

in UK we have our own separate providers.

Like just about everywhere else in the world. She really doesn't need to explain.

MsMaestro · 12/09/2018 12:59

Change wifi password to "mumsnetmademedoit"

hellsbellsmelons · 12/09/2018 13:02

Change wifi password to "mumsnetmademedoit"
Brilliant - OP you need to do this!

TomHardysNextWife · 12/09/2018 13:05

Change your password. Don't write a note. If they ask, you say it's been cut off as you went over your allowance and you don't understand how. Simples.

genivert · 12/09/2018 13:12

You were bonkers to ever let them get access OP.

I've only once given out my wifi password to a neighbour, and it was a woman who'd just moved in, chatted with before etc - and she explained that she needed to check the technical details of the router setup because she was struggling to set it up for her new service, but had no way to troubleshoot as the call centre was closed. I changed the password before i gave it out, let her use it for half an hour (and she was googling on her phone in that time), then changed it back. she was very grateful and it helped smooth neighbourly relations. THAT would have been fine.

But your neighbours were just being CFers!

thenightsky · 12/09/2018 13:56

Don't write a note. If they ask, you say it's been cut off as you went over your allowance and you don't understand how

Yes, this.

buttermilkwaffles · 12/09/2018 14:12

There is a mobile network called Smarty (uses 3 network) which gives you 4gb for £10 a month or 8gb for £15, allows tethering/hotspot if they have other devices, refunds you for unused data and you only need to commit for 1 month as you can cancel anytime: smarty.co.uk

Maybe suggest that to them as an option?

sockunicorn · 12/09/2018 14:22

change the password today and, if you need an excuse, say the provider contacted you and you were going over your capped limit. You told them your neighbours were on it and they said its a safety issue and to stop sharing your wifi with complete random fuckers you dont know.

glitterfarts · 12/09/2018 16:16

You absolutely can steal banking passwords over wifi. To prove it, as I was sceptical, my friend, who is a whizz at IT, asked me to login to my banking on the wifi. He told me my password before the page had even finished loading.

LIZS · 12/09/2018 16:25

Turn off the hub at random periods (including late at night if students) and change pw. If they have cheek to ask again tell them (if you need an excuse) no as it has suddenly become very unreliable. It is not for op ti suggest solutions. One of them at least will have a phone they could hotspot to.

ineedtostopbeingsolazy · 12/09/2018 16:56

Id turn it off. If they knock on your door say you're not using it so you turn it off.

Or you could just change the password Grin

prettygreywalls · 12/09/2018 17:17

Very similar to a thread some time ago where some neighbours were using a mumsnetters password and when she stopped they became very nasty and used bully tactics to try and get it again

starfishmummy · 12/09/2018 17:22

Invoke you've turned it off and changed the password, OP??

Havaina · 12/09/2018 17:27

pretty

I remember that thread! Didn't they then try and offer OP a bit of money (like £10pm) to use her wifi? And they got really aggressive with her for refusing.

BlueJava · 12/09/2018 17:34

Nice of you to let them use your wifi when they first moved in... but it's over now they have to get theirs sorted. Cut it by changing the password.

chillpizza · 12/09/2018 18:20

I let my neighbours son on my WiFi to check his email as he was waiting for a job response. Cheeky sod connected his phone/laptop/Xbox etc. I cut it off and told his mum she had a good chat with him about not taking the piss as I did it to be nice. Had known them years though and they where between providers.

Never give it out to a random though, only people on mine now live in the house or are family to connect phones when visiting as signal is rubbish and we put the code in and change it every few months.

AgentJohnson · 13/09/2018 08:21

You do not need to make excuses or apologise for choosing to be digitally secure. Change the password and if they are cheeky enough to ask, tell that it was a generous one off and was never going to be permanent. It’s access to the internet for crying out loud, they will cope.

LongSummerDays · 13/09/2018 08:27

Has anyone suggested changing the password?

Charlie97 · 13/09/2018 08:49

@LongSummerDays I dint think so, it's a great idea though! Grin

LongSummerDays · 13/09/2018 09:15
Grin
Ignoramusgiganticus · 13/09/2018 09:20

Yep, tell them it's capped and the usage has now been exceeded.

Joey7t8 · 13/09/2018 09:36

Change the password ASAP! Bollocks to giving any excuse; you don’t need one.