To ask neighbour if I can use his wifi?

[Foliageeverywhere122]

Just moved into a new flat by myself.

The earliest I can get wifi is not until next Fri (and even that's with lots of pestering to sky..) .

Would I be a total CF to ask neighbour if it would be possible to use his wifi until then? I would be really happy to pay however much he thought was reasonable and thought I could give him my number so that if it turns out 2 people on it means it's too slow for him I would stop using it!

I honestly think I will go mad if I have to sit in silence for a week. I've been alone since march and (sad as it seems) I've really found having podcasts/netflix playing in the background makes me feel less lonely and anxious. I've had already had to pay for 8GB data but need to keep that for work - it should be just enough for next week with a couple of video calls but def not for anything else! No TV so I can't drown out the silence that way...

Embarrassed to say I'm a Gen X/Millennial and have no dvds/radio/cds/dl music

It would cost you less than £30 to remedy that!

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9173196

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7626418?clickSR=slp:term:dvd%20player:1:36:1

Magazines and books can be bought relatively cheaply from supermarkets. Though must admit I'm shocked you've NO books!

You really shouldn't be so reliant on WiFi/internet how will you cope with a power cut? Or a server outage? Neighbours wifi no good to you then

I wouldn't allow a stranger access to my WiFi no telling what they'd do and even if no malicious intent as you say could slow down/impede my own reception which would be annoying.

It's not about the money it's security. You are a stranger and you could be looking at anything illegal etc.

Exactly

My phone provider would allow extra data at a reasonable price for a month or so too as I think most do now. When I moved a few years back we got the EE temp router thingy as dd needed for homework.

Sorry but I think the posters saying they don't see a problem with it are likely fairly naive technologically and/or err towards being cf generally themselves - usually the case on cf threads where those defending the cf/potential cf tend to that side of things themselves.

Hopefully you're sorted now op off your own bat I mean.

Buy a dongle.
Or buy more mobile net

If you were my neighbor and knocked with this I'd tell you to fuck off in a very nice and gentle way. I'd be happy to help you out with physical things (coffee, sugar, etc) but never let you into our personal and protected virtual space.

I'd tell you to get to fuck, albeit in barely disguised way.

Had to laugh at an earlier poster who said providing a neighbour with the wifi code (to use for a week) would deter that neighbour from getting their own internet sorted

I've read enough stories, including on this very forum, of the neighbour who asks for the wifi code and still hasn't got their own internet months later. And then the freeloader turns nasty and belligerent when they get booted off.

I don't find it exhausting to know about human nature.

Embarrassed to say I'm a Gen X/Millennial and have no dvds/radio/cds/dl music.

I was born in 94 and have DVDs. One of our TVs has a built in DVD player and we have my DH’s Xbox. I don’t have any of the others but would ask to borrow a radio from my parents.

@safariboot

Had to laugh at an earlier poster who said providing a neighbour with the wifi code (to use for a week) would deter that neighbour from getting their own internet sorted

I've read enough stories, including on this very forum, of the neighbour who asks for the wifi code and still hasn't got their own internet months later. And then the freeloader turns nasty and belligerent when they get booted off.

I don't find it exhausting to know about human nature.

Then you change the Wi-fi password. It really isn't rocket science.

Once again being kind does not include putting yourself at risk. If I find out ANY of my WFH staff sharing their WiFi password they would be immediately terminated and probably prosecuted.

I absolutely love it when people with no understanding of the law post bullshit bravado like this 🤣

@FirstClassFlightHome

I don’t think this is cheeky at all! I would have thought most people would be happy for you to use it for a few days. I know I would.

Mumsnetters can be a selfish and begrudging lot at times.

And some, it seems, can be wilfully ignorant of risk. The longer I spend on this board the more I understand where all the Sad Face tabloid stories about people who did something stupid and are now aghast that there are consequences come from.

@AdobeWanKenobi

Get yourself a dongle or up your phone data and tether to that. Not a hope would I give you my Wifi password to a stranger you could be downloading or streaming anything.

I agree it's not on to ask, and I wouldnt agree to it.

However, where we live there is no mobile signal so no 4G or any possibility of tethering off your mobile. If i was really stuck i might ask my next door neighbour if i could do.this, but we have known them for years and do shopping etc for them so I wouldnt feel i was being a CF

I would NEVER share my wifi with strangers. Whose door will the police knock upon (or kick down) when it turns out the OP was downloading child porn, or buying drugs, or racially abusing a Z-list celebrity, or selling stolen property online?

It's true there is probably a better than 50/50 chance that the person you grant access to won't use it for criminal purposes, but why chance it?

I might do it for a neighbour that I know well, but not for a total stranger - especially one who seems to be a heavy user!

However as we struggle with bandwidth anyway then the answer would have to be no to anyone!

We let our new neighbours use ours - no charge. I don't see why they wouldn't help you out. They were in same situation as you - over a week before they could get appointment with engineer. Good luck.

@Cookies2523

We let our new neighbours use ours - no charge. I don't see why they wouldn't help you out. They were in same situation as you - over a week before they could get appointment with engineer. Good luck.

If you genuinely “don’t see” then you need to educate yourself on the necessity of cyber security and the dangers such ignorance can cause.

Well we must have exceptionally honest neighbours - wouldn't like to live in an area where people are dishonest.

@Cookies2523

Well we must have exceptionally honest neighbours - wouldn't like to live in an area where people are dishonest.

If you think it’s about being “dishonest” then you are woefully misinformed and your ignorance is shocking.

I honestly wouldn't mind a new neighbour asking this, for a limited time only. Especially if a bottle of wine or box of chocs came my way at the end of it.

Ok Emily - get of your high horse! Yaaaawwwwnnnn!

I wouldn't mind but I have unlimited fibre so you are unlikely to impact my usage negatively - we already run lots of streaming devices (with home working and pre teens in the house). I wouldn't even want you to pay - the only time I would object is if you significantly impacted my own speeds but I don't think that would be likely with just one or two devices.

I would do this without a second thought for a neighbour.

@Cookies2523

Ok Emily - get of your high horse! Yaaaawwwwnnnn!

Up there on Emilys high horse she's rather well protected, unlike you who would seemingly offer up:

All the files on your computer.
All the websites that you visit
A copy of your log-in names and your passwords
Banking details
Read all your emails.
Slow your connection speeds
Potential criminality as already discussed

So, if @emilyfrost wouldn't mind budging up I'm happy to join her on that high horse because I'm not handing my details over to a stranger.

if a new neighbour asked to borrow mine for a week id be fine with it, though id probably change the pw after a fortnight so it wasnt a forever deal..

you could get them a bottle of wine as a thankful if they agree..

No it's cheeky. I wouldn't like to put someone in the awkward position of saying no.

Your taking the piss update the data allowance on your phone and tether

If you approached it with a "please feel free to say no if you aren't comfortable with the security aspects, as I know it's bit cheeky, but would you mind if... because...."

Then they can say no

@safariboot

Had to laugh at an earlier poster who said providing a neighbour with the wifi code (to use for a week) would deter that neighbour from getting their own internet sorted

I've read enough stories, including on this very forum, of the neighbour who asks for the wifi code and still hasn't got their own internet months later. And then the freeloader turns nasty and belligerent when they get booted off.

I don't find it exhausting to know about human nature.

Sure Jan.

Baffled that people have no concept of setting up a guest wifi account. Or the concept of changing passwords. Wonders never cease.