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...

[SynchroSwimmer]

Maybe just get one of these on next day delivery....a mobile wifi unit

[Diva66]

YABU. I wfh and would not want to risk sharing my WiFi with a stranger. Don’t ask, it may start things off in the wrong foot with your neighbour.

[mummmy2017]

Did anyone else read the post about the nextdoor using the WiFi for months gave the password to her friend, patched in her TV and asking for the new password when the OP changed it.

[Aurea]

No. Don't do it. It's cheeky and a security risk.

[creamymash]

It does put your neighbour in a tricky position if they happen to feel uncomfortable with it. They don't really know you and you could techinically be downloading all sorts of stuff legal / illegal and if its their wifi they are liable and as a previous poster says you could use that access to gain other info and data.

I know you wouldn't do that but it would be negligent of them to let you use it.

Buy a dongle instead?

[Foliageeverywhere122]

@mummmy2017

Did anyone else read the post about the nextdoor using the WiFi for months gave the password to her friend, patched in her TV and asking for the new password when the OP changed it.

I mean I hope I'm not coming across like that! I would pay neighbour, give him my number so he could tell me if it was causing him problems, and message him as soon as mine was activated confirming I had disconnected my laptop (along with getting him a little thank you gift)

[Foliageeverywhere122]

Thank you for all posts about dongles - how exactly do they work and would it work out cheaper than buying data as I have done? (£22 for 8GB). As long as there are no delays I only need it working for 6 days!

[ShagMeRiggins]

I'm completely on the fence as to whether it's absolute CF territory so do agree with all perspectives!

It’s not CF territory if you ask and abide by a Yes or No answer, then honour your commitment to stop when you have WiFi. Especially as you’re offering to pay.

It’s just neighbourly. Neighbours help each other out all the time.

[InFiveMins]

I also moved into a new place recently and was without WIFI for 2 weeks, I am with Sky mobile and rolled over all my unused mobile data and so used that. Just ring your network provider and ask them for a one off data dump of about 20GB - 30GB - will probably cost you £30 or so but I agree with the vast majority on here that asking to use neighbours WIFI isn't OK, so just buy more data.

[FTMF30]

@MummytoCSJH

I'd have no problem with this, especially with you offering to pay. I don't know anyone who has actually has a radio in their house nowadays 🙄

Pretty much every mobilephone has the radio on it.

[lockeddownandcrazy]

I'd ask - if he is on a package with unlimited data it wont matter to him. He can change the password if it bothers him you might carry on accessing it.

[VulvaPerson]

Depends, if you already have a decent relationship with him I wouldn't mind. If you would be knocking just to ask this, then nope. I certainly wouldn't mind one of our neighbours using ours temporarily. But a newbie who hadn't spoke to me yet except to ask that, I would find cheeky as fuck.

[SpaceOp]

I have only read your responses. But yes, you got ripped off paying £22 for 8gb of data. Dongles, one month etc - you need to go to your service provider's website and see what they offer. And if they don't offer any good deals, then go shop around and see what once off options are out there. Sky often has good deals but not sure if they're on a once-off basis. People on here can give broad ideas - pay for data as a once off etc - but you need to actually put some effort into finding the info.

GenX/Millenials are supposed to be technically competent so this shouldn't be hard for you.

[Foliageeverywhere122]

@ReneeRol I wouldn't take any of those risks because a stranger was too lazy to read a book or get a dvd player or hard drive.

I think this is a bit much- I take it you don't live alone?

I have been spending the vast majority of my time reading as of course it's data free apart from dl the books but I cannot explain the crushing loneliness of cooking, working, getting dressed in total silence month after month :/ Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night SO ALONE and listen to something silly like my dad wrote a porno for 10 mins to get me back to sleep.

I think it's important to try and be kind in these dark times

[Sweettea1]

Not everyone is selfish its for a week and your offering to pay they might well need the extra cash if it was me I would say yes but only for the week. When I lived in flats my upstairs neighbour offered for me to use his WiFi if I ever needed it. The fella can only say no don't ask don't get as the saying goes.

[Foliageeverywhere122]

And of course this isn't my neighbours issue or means he should share he wifi in the slightest! (And I'd never say this to him of course) But your reply I think is quite callous

[Ally1992]

I had to wait a week for Virgin to be installed when I moved in to my house last year, but I downloaded some series on Netflix which you can watch without WiFi on to my iPad, think you can do this on your phone as well

[PigletJohn]

if you have a smartphone, surely it has data?

You can set it to give local wifi, and connect your laptoy to it.

Or you can plug your phone into your computer and "share" the connection.

It will be under "settings... connections... " or something like that.

Plug the phone into your charger because it uses up the battery.

[sirfredfredgeorge]

Does everyone who's paranoid about their wifi password actually have a wifi set up that is robust? (anything less than WPA2-PSK is probably trivial, and even then a trivial password will not survive long) The reason you're not wanting to give your password to your neighbour should be that 60 characters full of emoji's and nonsense is just too difficult to type.

I would have no problem providing a guest network for a neighbour, wifi security does not protect you from almost any risks at all. (Someone using up your ink on your printer maybe...)

[OzziePopPop]

[quote Foliageeverywhere122]@ReneeRol I wouldn't take any of those risks because a stranger was too lazy to read a book or get a dvd player or hard drive.

I think this is a bit much- I take it you don't live alone?

I have been spending the vast majority of my time reading as of course it's data free apart from dl the books but I cannot explain the crushing loneliness of cooking, working, getting dressed in total silence month after month :/ Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night SO ALONE and listen to something silly like my dad wrote a porno for 10 mins to get me back to sleep.

I think it's important to try and be kind in these dark times

[MisiSam]

If you have mobile data you can tether it and hook up other devices such as laptop and smart TV to it. When I had this situation with EE they gave me loads of free data to use untill WiFi was set up.

[justconcedealready]

Ask them if they have a 'guest' network via their wifi and if you can use if for a week, 10 days, while yours is sorted.

We did this for new neighbours once; we offered. They were ever so grateful and they were off it within a couple of weeks once theirs was installed.

[EveryDayIsADuvetDay]

I did a few years ago when I had a gap when changing provider, but I knew them quite well.
If it's just Netflix etc as background, try having the radio on.

[mummmy2017]

Are you sure you don't have a hotspot allowance? I got 30GB free.

[Womencanlift]

[quote Foliageeverywhere122]@mummmy2017

Did anyone else read the post about the nextdoor using the WiFi for months gave the password to her friend, patched in her TV and asking for the new password when the OP changed it.

I mean I hope I'm not coming across like that! I would pay neighbour, give him my number so he could tell me if it was causing him problems, and message him as soon as mine was activated confirming I had disconnected my laptop (along with getting him a little thank you gift)[/quote]
Sorry to say but you are coming across like that OP.

Your neighbour doesn’t know you so how do they know that you won’t tie up their internet and be a nuisance. They only have your word for it.

More importantly regardless of whether you are a millennial or not you should be able to entertain yourself for a few days without being connected to the internet