Aibu to switch off the broadband CF Neighbours

[Cheekyneighbour]

So long story short aibu to switch off my router as we have kindly let next door use the internet as theirs was down.

The mother (who has not so much as said hello since we moved here) sent her son round last Saturday to ask and my dp said yes, I have checked our settings and they are hooked up to a fire stick and about 3 phones.

I’m not being unreasonable to think if we let her use it she won’t get her own internet sorted out if she has access to ours - I suspect it is due to a billing issue as the mother is constantly having very late nights as my dp will hear her and her friends still up at 5.30am when he gets up. I will also add the mother does work.

Aibu? I do feel a bit guilty on her kids 😣

Ask your partner to, you literally just have to press a button on your router then it’s back to the default? You can then change the password later

Oh I hope they haven't changed the password, that would really sour neighbourly relations.

I think the pair of you need to get your heads around your own internet and how it works, passwords and safety before you start loaning it out to neighbours. Sorry but you both sound very naive tbh. I think your neighbour is walking all over you. Let's hope they are not malicious otherwise you may have had your confidential information downloaded!

Do you know what company her broadband/WiFi is with?(was thinking you could snoop online and try and find out how long said company takes to resolve stuff and have customer back online, because if the company says 24-48 hrs on their site then you know she hasn't called them and is using you for free internet access)...and if that is the case, switch password and don't give

Nah, leave it be and call tomorrow. It may be as easy as fuck, but it you don't know what you're doing it's intimidating and not worth the worry that you'll do something 'wrong'.

I'm not real tech savvy and often ask DH or one of my sons to give me a hand with something because I worry that I'll 'blow up the box/phone/laptop/internet' if I do the wrong thing. They'll roll their eyes at me because what I want is easy, I'm just afraid to mess with it.

OP, you make me chuckle. When you call Sky tomorrow, they'll advise you to reset the router - guaranteed.

You'll phone them, get the whole "Before we begin, we need you to tell us your account number, date of birth, mother's maiden name and what you had for breakfast this morning. Thank you. Now... Press 1 if you would like to give us money; press 2 if you wish to upgrade your package and give us more money; press 3 if you want to speak to a real person, but we'd rather you didn't select this option; press 4 if these questions are doing your head in" nonsense, then be put on hold and expected to listen to ghastly music for forty minutes (interspersed with upbeat messages about how great upgrading would be and how your custom is so, so important - but we can't talk right now; here's some more shit music), only to be greeted with "Have you tried switching it off then back on again?"

Reset the router! Please...?

Also, chances are if you’re currently connected to your WiFi, so are the neighbours....

I doubt they’ve changed your password OP. That is a small data allowance though so I would block access.

@TartanMarbled
This seems really stingy. What harm is it doing you? English people are so un-neighbourly.

Lordy.

Unlimited internet access, is a far cry from a cup of sugar.

The mother has never even said hello to the OP - so if you wanna talk about un-neighbourly...

If they have been using your internet allowance since last Saturday and it’s only 50GB I would be checking to see if there are any excess data charges. Hopefully not,

As well as changing your password I'd change your WiFi name to "buyyourownfuckingwifi"

I change mine all the time to something daft. It's currently "ICanSeeYourWifiFromHere"

YANBU! Who are the 3% who said YABU? CFs!

Just wondered why you think she was disconnected because of billing issues, as she sometimes stays up at night? How is that an issue?

I don't even let my teenager have the WiFi password never mind a stranger.

If they have been using your internet allowance since last Saturday and it’s only 50GB

I think the OP meant that was her phones data allowance, so the WiFi being down doesn't affect her as she can just use that.

I hope you got it sorted!

I would have no qualms about stopping her access to it. Give her notice? WTF?

You wouldn’t be able to use your own WiFi if they’ve changed the password, they clearly haven’t because you can still use it.
As soon as a WiFi password is changed all connected devices would be asking for the new password.

People aren't talking about them changing the WiFi password Jellybeans, they're talking about changing the password for the admin account on the router. That can be done without changing the WiFi password but it would stop the OP from logging into the router and being able to change the WiFi password.

Thing is if they down load child porn or criminal activity, it will flag up as your router. You shouldn't allow it any more. I would change your password then switch it off. When they ask, just say it's down. Dont give them the new password. If they ask again just say you've had problems with the internet because too many devices are using it, so they need to get their own. You know that they need to get their own. But they wont if they can use yours for free!

I can’t believe you feel guilty about this. Ffs. Just change it and learn how to say no pdq

So al 11 year old showed up at the door and asked for your WiFi password and your DP gave it?

Without considering that the parent might be limiting internet access for a reason?

Knock on the door and say “since we gave your son the password last week our internet I really slow. Can you get yours sorted by Friday, please?”. If they are out put a note through.

I've just noticed you said you moved in 6 weeks ago. So probably she was pigging backing on the person who lived there before you, then waited a couple of weeks before spinning you the sob story.

And as for @TartanMarbled how many friends and neighbours have got your password? That's really kind of you. Why don't you just save them a bit of bother and give them your online banking details? Especially as you're such a generous neighbourly type.

I’ve never asked a neighbour for anything like that when my internets been down I’ve just waited for it to be fixed. Is this not a normal response? Who would ask their neighbour to piggy back theirs!

So is your WiFi off now? Wondering how long it will be before one of them comes round