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...

[Smallgoon]

@ScotchBunnet

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 🤣

Classic Mumsnet!

[ZolaGrey]

@Smallgoon

It's a wonder some of these people can get up in the morning really!

If you can't set up guest networks, change passwords and not leave all your personal data available to anyone with your Wi-fi password, you shouldn't be trusted with the internet in the first place .

[Sunflowergirl1]

I wouldn't allow it...it then gives you free access to storage devices in their network a d compromises security.

[Smallgoon]

@ZolaGrey Couldn't agree more.

On a separate note, has anybody warned Starbucks and Costa Coffee of the CYBER CRIME!!! that they're exposing themselves to when they allow customers to ponce off their wifi?

[Sunflowergirl1]

@Smallgoon

No risk to Costa...but there is to others all using it as with al, public wifi networks

[OneForMeToo]

I used to sell my internet to my neighbour for £10 a month. Made no difference to me. Just turn on the public part with a password for only them and done.

It helped that she was a single female and was a teacher so I trusted her

[dkdkfhfkdsl]

As others have said, buy more mobile data and use it as a WiFi hotspot.

[Olderbutnotmuchwiser]

It would be a very awkward beginning, if your neighbour doesn't want to give you his password. I wouldn't ask, if I were you.

[yelyah22]

I'm slightly amazed at the replies here! I'd ask (and would happily let you use ours no problem if we were next door - I'd just set up a guest network, no password sharing needed).

[huuskymam]

You could get a WiFi dongle while you wait, its a bit cheeky seeing as you've just moved in and barely know them.

[Kazzyhoward]

[quote ZolaGrey]@Smallgoon

It's a wonder some of these people can get up in the morning really!

If you can't set up guest networks, change passwords and not leave all your personal data available to anyone with your Wi-fi password, you shouldn't be trusted with the internet in the first place .[/quote]
Not sure why the neighbour should spend their time setting up guest networks (would need to google how to do it etc), or changing passwords, etc., just so a neighbour could watch netflix for a few days, when they could easily buy more data on their own phone or easily get a mobile internet dongle.

[Kazzyhoward]

[quote Smallgoon]@ZolaGrey Couldn't agree more.

On a separate note, has anybody warned Starbucks and Costa Coffee of the CYBER CRIME!!! that they're exposing themselves to when they allow customers to ponce off their wifi?[/quote]
They usually have separate guest wifi that's nothing to do with their own staff/work wifi, so they're not exposing themselves at all.

[Changi]

On a separate note, has anybody warned Starbucks and Costa Coffee of the CYBER CRIME!!! that they're exposing themselves to when they allow customers to ponce off their wifi?

I hardly think customers are poncing their wifi. The cost is included in the overpriced beverages they sell.

[Smallgoon]

@Kazzyhoward I set up a guest wifi as standard when my internet was finally installed, in the event that my friends/family who popped over to visit asked for the wifi code. I assumed this was normal practice... I guess not.

@changi no shit sherlock.

[pessimistiquerealistique]

I'm slightly amazed at the replies here! I'd ask (and would happily let you use ours no problem if we were next door - I'd just set up a guest network, no password sharing needed).

I'd really hate neighbours asking to use our wi-fi. We have moved many times and always waited for our own internet. It didn't even cross our mind to ask the neighbours to use their wi-fi. If you cannot wait one week then you need to sort out your internet dependence as this is not normal.

[StepAwayFromTheEcclesCakes]

If you have a tv then freeveiw gives you radio channels

[SpillingTheTea]

I wouldn't let my neighbour use my internet but he's a complete tosser.

[Yeahnahmum]

Cf cf and cf
Buy some data ffs

[RattleOfBars]

WiFi is private, I’d never give access to a stranger. He might have a smart TV with all his files, photos etc on that you could access with his wifi password.

It would be very rude and cheeky to ask, even offering payment, as it sounds like you want to snoop or hack into his private life.

[GrinchnotHinch]

I’m really awkward and struggle saying no, but this actually wouldn’t bother me at all.

I wouldn’t accept the money as long as my speeds weren’t affected, but I would make a temporary password and tell you that I’d be changing it back on the date your broadband is coming.

I don’t think it’s as cheeky as say, asking to use someone’s driveway etc

[ZolaGrey]

@Kazzyhoward

If anyone had any common sense they'd have done that when they set the wifi up in the first place....

[Smallgoon]

It would be very rude and cheeky to ask, even offering payment, as it sounds like you want to snoop or hack into his private life.

Hilarious.

[Smallgoon]

If anyone had any common sense they'd have done that when they set the wifi up in the first place....

@ZolaGrey It's called being internet savvy.

[Skysblue]

He would be an idiot to saybyes, because of the security vulnerabilities (and potential liabilities if you were to access something illegal).

I did a month without internet at the beginning of lockdown. It sucked but I would never have made my neighbours uncomfortable by asking for theirs.

[ZolaGrey]

@Smallgoon Apparently that's not a thing here. Here we just clutch pearls and panic at cash points.