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Does your office have Wi-Fi access that can be used for your mobile device?

One of my friends and I were discussing the accessibility of video media while you're not at home. I cited the lack of support for some video formats and sites, data caps, and slow 3g as barriers for the proliferation of videos on smartphones, and site-blocking and restrictions on downloading and installing plugins for browsers as a barrier for viewing videos on work computers. It was noted that connecting to wifi could solve some of the problems with smartphones, and I mentioned that I didn't think most workplaces had wifi available to its employees, at least not ones that would be open for personal use/allow access to video proliferation websites.
Thoughts?

by tenieldjo
asked 7 months ago

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No wifi isn't available to employees for mobile devices. Owners and the IT staff are the only ones with access on mobile devices. Luckily I'm part of the IT staff :D

Unless a company had a completely separate 'mobile' wifi AP, it would be a terrible idea to open up their corporate network to that kind of traffic.

tknoman
7 months ago

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My workplace has wifi access visible in some parts of the building. You authenticate with a password that links the connection to your username. We've got moderately heavy filtering on our internet here. I actually use my smartphone data plan and a personal laptop to circumvent the blocks. But yeah, I think if I was sitting in the right place, I could hook up my iPod Touch to wifi and jump on youtube with it at work.

khellendros1984
7 months ago

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I work at City Hall in our downtown area. A non-profit set up a wifi net that covers all of downtown. So I get unsecured access through there. Not good for paying bills but good for research and visiting deals sites.

moondrake
7 months ago

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@moondrake: Your bill-payment sites aren't over https?

khellendros1984
7 months ago

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We have WiFi, but it's encrypted (the bastards!). The WiFi network name is NCC-1701 which is the call sign for the Star Trek Enterprise. I've tried every possible combination for a password that involves Star Trek but can't crack it.
So, I just use my WiFi tether from my phone. One of the good things about Tmobile is the unlimited data that I've got. It's a little slower, but I've managed to snag a BOC on my TouchPad tethered to my phone.

widmer69
7 months ago

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We have open wifi, but it's really not that fast, and I'm still paranoid about having my traffic snooped. I pretty much just use 3G at work - I think it's more reliable, if a bit slower.

kentobi
7 months ago

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We have internal secure wi-fi that we can connect to with mobile devices. I work for a tech company, so it's kind of expected that we should have good access.

alpayton
7 months ago

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