• saltesc@lemmy.world
    23·
    6 hours ago

    I dunno when it became the norm to say the WiFi’s down when it’s actually totally fine and unrelated to the internet connection being down.

    People at my work have said this even though they’re using docks plugged with Cat 5.

    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 hours ago

      Cat5? Not even Cat5e? You sure the problem isn’t just that their connection is 10Mbps or worse and we sites aren’t just taking a couple minutes to load?

    • tiramichu@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      4 hours ago

      Non-technical people don’t have any idea what a LAN is, and can’t imagine any reason for WiFi to exist other than to get their device on the Internet.

      So WiFi becomes a synonym for “Internet connection”, perfectly interchangeably.

      • veroxii@aussie.zone
        1·
        1 hour ago

        And in most operating systems the wifi icon turns into some other error icon if there’s no internet. So I can see the confusion.

    • florge@feddit.uk
      10·
      6 hours ago

      Probably because ISPs like to fob you off with suggestions of poor wifi rather than address the actual internet issue you contact them about.