Got wireless?

[icarus]

Ha. Sign posted in our apartment building:

You: Have wireless internet
Me: Have money

You: Pay for wireless internet
Me: Have no internet

Let's talk about this discrepancy. Ph# (206) ###-####.

Comments

[alchemine.livejournal.com]

In my previous apartment, it was more like:

You: Have wireless internet.
Me: Steal your signal. Sucker!

:D

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

LOL!

My response is:

You: Looking to pay for wireless
Me: Have free dial-up

Better luck next time. :D

If the note's still there, I'm going to write that response.

Icarus

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I don't get it. Are they offering to pay "you" for use of "your" internet?

[jackoweskla.livejournal.com]

I think that he wants someone to get wireless internet, so he doesn't have to pay for it and can mooch of off others. I've never seen someone ask before....

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

Well, he explicitly states he has money, so there's no reason for me to assume he won't pay you for being added to your wireless network -- he just doesn't want to deal with the stress of installing, or possibly doesn't need it often enough so a whole connection of his own makes sense. Just my 0.02 €. & :-)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that makes more sense. Because he's put that "has money" thing in there. Thanks!

[redbyrd-sgfic.livejournal.com]

That makes huge sense, really... I wasn't willing to pay for broadband all by myself- don't make enough use of it. But I'd have cheerfully offered to chip in on one of my neighbor's wireless connections. If only I knew who they belonged to (the network IDs were uninformative). Okay, I could have taken my laptop for a walk around the block and watched the signal bars to find out where the wireless lived. But I didn't.

As it was, I, ah, hijacked any available wireless signal floating around in the ether for the few months between me getting the wireless-equipped laptop and my fiance moving in and bringing his broadband with him. Of course once there was a broadband connection actually *in the house*, I shelled out the forty bucks for a wireless hub and installed our own wireless. With security enabled. Because while I'm deeply grateful to my unknown benefactors for the free boost, I'm just not as trusting as they are.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

LOL, oh yes. I've tried to hijack wireless, especially when the boyfriend was on our dial-up and I had a borrowed school laptop. I know exactly why our neighbor wanted in on someone's wireless:

Everyone within range is security enabled.

I've no doubt at all he tried hijacking first, and I know first hand the frustration he met. Okay, there's one network that's not security enabled, but the signal is pathetically weak and I've never succeeded in establishing a connection.

Icarus

[redbyrd-sgfic.livejournal.com]

Mine were just strong enough to pull in so long as it wasn't raining! But yeah, more people are going with security and I can understand that. I've heard that some have to enable security because there are so many people using their hub that it slows way down (and I bet that's doubly true in areas with a lot of students- not to single them out, but as a group, they tend to be tech-friendly and short on cash).

But there are a few sites around, like http://www.free-hotspot.com/ that will help you find free access points in your area. Not as convenient as your own living room, but still worth knowing about in a pinch. I've been known to stop in front of a Panera Bread and pop the cover on the laptop for a quick map check when trying to find an address *g*.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

All the wireless networks we can reach from this building are locked. You need some sort of password (I've tried).

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

WG didn't get it either, but yes, he's offering to share the payments for your wireless.

Icarus

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Me, I'd put up a sign in replay that says:

You: put up cryptic sign
Me: doesn't get it
Me: keeps walking

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

Hee!

Love it.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I wrote this on the corner of his note -

You: Looking to pay for wireless
Me: Have free dial-up

Better luck next time? :D