Quizzes & Puzzles1 min ago
One Of Life's Unanswered Puzzles.
Unsure if I've asked here before but... why do cafés and supermarkets claim to offer free WiFi, get your device to claim it is connected, then have it say you aren't connected to Internet ?
Is it some kind of hilarious jape that I'm missing the humour of ? They all seem to do it.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I've no intention of changing my original account, which has no data. It's inexpensive and gives freedom about when to add credit. But WiFi in supermarkets is necessary if they expect customers to show store card type stuff. But apparently it's more amusing to claim to provide a connection yet not do so.
Aldi doesn't need a password, it connects automatically and collects info about you. I don't like that, I want to choose the WiFi I connect to.
Asda needs your email address to allow you to log on to WiFi. You have to register.
Different supermarkets, different ways of connecting.
Which supermarkets do you use,OG?
Password is rarely required. Sometimes, usually in public houses, one needs to log in by clicking the button though. But most supermarket WiFi hotspots are known so my mobile automatically connects, it's just often there's no access to the Internet, which means there's no point in claiming there's a connection.
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