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Would this be CF of me

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lastqueenofscotland · 26/03/2020 18:17

I’m having to work from home. Last night my internet went down. BT advised it’s a network issue and it’ll be down for 48 hours at least... Would I be unreasonable to ask my neighbour if I could have their WiFi password in exchange for contributing to the cost of the bill?
I’ve looked at pay as you go mobile dongles and they are all on 12 month contract or expensive upfront.
The 4g in my house isn’t good enough to use my phone as a hotspot I tried today and it cut out constantly, which my boss was nice about as a one off but might not be so accommodating if it goes on for a week...
If your neighbour asked would you mind?

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NoNameNoGame · 26/03/2020 18:48

Buy a dongle and claim back from expenses.

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lastqueenofscotland · 26/03/2020 18:51

Bread ive had a look for it and it’s not on mine at all. I’ve tried on my phone and iPad too

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kattekitt · 26/03/2020 18:53

If my neighbour asked me I’d be glad to help. The only way to get through this current situation is to help others as much as we are able. The fact that you’d offer to pay would make it absolutely not CF behaviour to me, I’d also refuse the payment.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe · 26/03/2020 18:56

Your work need to buy you a dongle if they expect you to work from home. You have no other choice really, you can't go out to a free WIFI place and you've tried to tether - so it's either dongle from work - or they can put you on 4G.

iheartislesofwight · 26/03/2020 18:58

on your bike ! who knows what your household might search on my wifi ?

Theukisgreatt · 26/03/2020 19:01

I'd let you use it, why not? It's unlimited, is it not?

Amicompletelyinsane · 26/03/2020 19:03

If you were my neighbour I'd let you. There's no harm in asking

izzywizzygood · 26/03/2020 19:07

I think you could ask: sometimes people like to help others out despite the impression you may get on this thread! I would say yes if we were on speaking/friendly terms, no problem at all.

onceandneveragain · 26/03/2020 19:22

It should be works responsibility to pay for a dongle or whatever for you.
However is bt down in the whole street or area? I only ask because with bt you can log on to their public wifi if you are close enough to hotspots - they have 10000s all over the UK in bus stops, etc. I just live in a normal housing estate nowhere near a high street or shops etc and I can pick it up.

randomsabreuse · 26/03/2020 19:56

Are they also with BT? Because you can use other people's WIFI through FON and it's included in your contract.

Purpleartichoke · 26/03/2020 20:14

I wouldn’t care about the money at all, my
Concern would be my available bandwidth. Both DH and I are working from home and we both use a lot of bandwidth to do our jobs. If you have the type of job where you are just checking your email, I wouldn’t mind adding you for a few days, but if you are an intense user, you would slow down our work too much.

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lastqueenofscotland · 26/03/2020 20:15

They are with sky. I can’t get FON for some reason (usually can) and there are no hotspots which serve my house.
I will look into dongles

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TerrorWig · 26/03/2020 22:23

I don’t think it’s up to you to cover an outage unless you’re normally a remote worker.

EmeraldShamrock · 26/03/2020 22:27

I would share it with a woman, the neighbour's can change the password in a few weeks.

cstaff · 26/03/2020 23:02

I don't have WiFi in my house and have to work from home now. I told my boss and he organised a dongle for me and they paid. Maybe you should try the same with your boss.

Before anyone dies of shock at me not having Wi-Fi, it is only me at home and I just use my phone.

Petiolaris · 26/03/2020 23:10

If you knocked on my door at the present time I’d peer suspiciously through the glass and not open the door. Even if I recognised you and we were friends. My door stays shut nowadays in case someone is infectious. And you wouldn’t get my WiFi password either for security reasons.

Marieo · 26/03/2020 23:12

You can ask, leave it up to them what they say. I personally wouldn't unless it was someone I knew extremely well and trusted, but at least then when you tell your employer you can say you have tried everything!

thequeenandherguurrllls · 26/03/2020 23:13

If your neighbours aren't with BT then there will be no WI-FI hot spots and unfortunately yours won't work if your BT hub isn't working.

Dramalady52 · 26/03/2020 23:31

You can get a dongle on a rolling contract and cancel/revive it as and when you need to within a specified period. I had one when I moved house and my broadband was going to take a month to setup. It costs a bit more per month but worth it I think. I got mine from 3

Justsocross · 27/03/2020 00:06

Normally I wouldn’t do this but these are not normal times . Maybe ask the neighbour you know beat

SnoozyLou · 27/03/2020 00:50

This happened to me and it cost me about £20 for a dongle from Currys. I wouldn't ask the neighbours in a million years. Both sides are nice, but no.

What I've done now is make sure I have plenty of data on my mobile phone plan so if it happens again I open a hotspot and connect my laptop to the internet through that.

EveryDayIsADuvetDay · 27/03/2020 01:00

I've done this with neighbours in the past when changing my network resulted in a few days of no network - it was before network widely available on phones though.
I did know them well - and their stronger was stronger than mine on occasions.
No harm in asking - if they know you well enough to know that you're not going to do anything dubious and vice versa.

EveryDayIsADuvetDay · 27/03/2020 01:02

are dongle shops even open?
If your mobile plan is flexible, you may be able to ft short term data package, or use your work phone?

caketiger · 27/03/2020 01:38

I wouldn't share our Internet connection I'm afraid. Maybe If I knew a neighbour 'having a brew together' well.

LolaDarkdestroyer · 27/03/2020 10:18

No you wouldn't be a cf. I don't get all the bullshit not sharing passwords etc it's the internet it's not going to hurt for a couple of days! People are so tight.

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