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Re: The Many Mad Monikers of Home WiFi Networks
Posted by: Etan Horowitz 2008-09-16 19:36:21

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Nearly every time I pull out my iPhone or fire up my laptop, I get an interesting look into the people and businesses that surround me. How do I do this? By looking at the names of their wireless networks. As the number of wireless networks and the number of portable devices that can connect to them continue to increase, naming a wireless network has become the high-tech equivalent of getting a vanity license plate, providing humor or insight into its creator.

Many Mad Monikers of Home WiFi Networks
Posted by: alangrus 2008-09-17 14:11:43 In reply to: Etan Horowitz

Mine is called "OuterSpace". You wanna hook up, you got to to Outer Space. Something to do with living next door to the Carnegie Observatory.

One neighbor
Posted by: bugmenot1 2008-09-16 19:38:56 In reply to: Etan Horowitz

has an SSID of "IAmStupidOpenNet". It is, of course, open.