Can someone help me (in words if one syllable)

@blossoming. There's 5 people living in my house. We have 3 smart TVs and a Sky box with 2 minis and a booster. We all have mobile phones, we all have laptops. There's blu ray players, dvd recorders, all with smart capabilities. If anyone should have WiFi / router difficulties, it should be us. All fine

Gypsy, Blossoming is pretty IT savvy.
You have totally missed the point about internet security and possibly compromising BB's account with questionable accessing dodgy sites or downloads.
Nothing at all to do to do with broadband speeds.

I would say sorry but no. In fact I think it's a bit of a cheek. They can use mobile data or hotspots. You just don't know what they would be using your WiFi for. They should have come to some arrangement before this. I would never ask someone I didn't know to do this.

Most TV’s have freeview and apps pre installed so they would have plenty of stuff to watch without having Wi-Fi. I may be scaremongering here and I’m not tech savvy, but if they have your password, would they be able to download films and games which would be billed to your account.

If we all worried about the very small chance of how things could go wrong no one would ever help anyone and what a sad world that would be.

You might find you are in breach of contract allowing another household to access your internet. Companies may not be enamoured about this as someone losing business. Definitely
check with your provider. How long have the new neighbours known they would be moving. Sure services can be connected with a couple of weeks notice normally.

Late to this but please say "No".

If someone asks a favour, there are two answers and the requester should expect to receive "No"; they are putting you out, they must realise this.

I work from home a great deal and there is no way I'd compromise my security / my employers security by allowing someone else - a family, indeed, and who knows how many visitors they may have in coming weeks - access to my Wifi.

"No, that doesn't work for me". Don't apologise, you've nothing to apologise for. It's a very cheeky ask.

Please don't do this. There could be all sorts of problems flowing from your decision to say yes. You could end up falling out with your neighbours over maybe a dodgy download by one of the children or even one of their guests. I'd go with the nice box of chocolates idea and explain that your internet provider is not happy with the arrangement. In your laudable attempts to be a good neighbour you could end up having a row with them. !!!

I think that the signal may be weaker when not in your home so the wifi may not actually work in the new neighbours home. can you suggest using the public library? the library usually allows a few hours free access to library members.
Alternatively you may find that local supermarkets have free wifi to customers.

Gypsy it depends on your WiFi network, obviously, and you have totally missed the point about broadband usage.

You really should not let them use your WiFi. They could download porn or worse and there is a security risk to your banking and other personal information. I'm afraid it should be a polite "no". Maybe they can use their own phones to tether for their own use .

I haven't read through all the replies so someone may have suggested this but on most modern routers you can set up a guest network with a separate ID name and password that can't access any of your devices on your main network, I haven't a clue how to do it just a suggestion by my partner who is tech savvy, maybe a friend or relative could help

Thanks everyone but it is all done and dusted as I stated before ….by all means carry on talking about internet but please DONT give me any more advice I ve done what I needed to do and agreed with the advise of the majority on here
Thanks again

Change the password afterwards though

You can buy a temporary wifi package I believe. A dongle or something like that? They can visit somewhere like currys to sort. If that fails, they can have an old-fashioned Christmas. We did survive without it back in the day quite successfully!
Do not share your password. It’s the first rule of online world, as warnings about scams and spams keep telling us. So just say, sorry, I can’t do that.

BlueBelle

Thanks everyone but it is all done and dusted as I stated before ….by all means carry on talking about internet but please DONT give me any more advice I ve done what I needed to do and agreed with the advise of the majority on here
Thanks again

Why doe no-one read, what BlueBelle has already posted?
She has already dealt with the situation.

Just tell them you only have a basic internet access it's not unlimited WiFi and your on the cheaper deal because you only use it when needed and when you've asked BT for advise they've advised you'd not be able to use much more than what you are using as your on a particular deal. Tell her you only get 500mb a month .

Pulls hair out

You will be bald BB by the time this thread peters out.

BlueBelle

Pulls hair out

Talking to brick walls come to mind!

OP HAS SORTED IT!

Calendargirl

OP HAS SORTED IT!

Not according to some on here 😉

There should be a way to turn off comments.

nadateturbe

There should be a way to turn off comments.

...or people could read what has been previously posted, even if only a few posts back!

Errrrr.......I have read through this thread and at no point have I seen anyone ask why these children cannot manage without WiFi over the Christmas period.
Might be a good opportunity to experience an "old fashioned" family Christmas without staring at a screen all day long. Just saying..........