Having driven around the west coast with Netstumbler running, that's pretty accurate. I've seen network names that accuse people of seeing Meth, watching kiddie porn with the blinds open, and my favorite, "apartment 9 rapes dogs".

How smart could she be, she didn't know blue footed boobies were birds.

SuperKarateMonkeyDeathCar and JimmyJamesCapitalistLionTamer checking in.

"Uncle Touchy's Basement & Candy Emporium" will always be my favorite.

What about good old "I've fallen and I can't get up APPT 9c HELP"

FBI Van 5732

You could tell rich or poor by the smoothness of the roads.

0Icky0: You could tell rich or poor by the smoothness of the roads.

But maybe not..last time I rode down Sheridan Rd., it wasn't all that smooth. And that's the wealthiest road in Illinois.

So even poor people have wi-fi? I smell another Republican talking point.

My router's name is Medea. For obvious reasons.

There's a lot of people in my neighbor named "Linksys" for some reason. Must be a large family.

She's an idiot who dropped her smartphone without a case... I don't really care what she says.

Burn_The_Plows: "Uncle Touchy's Naked Puzzle Basement & Candy Emporium" will always be my favorite.

FTFY

All I see are a bunch of unsecured networks named "NETGEAR".

63% of all wireless routers are named "Skynet".

In other news, people give their bowling teams bizarre names (such as "I Can't Believe it's Not Gutter!" and "Ebowla").

But that's not 'now', so we'll do the same exact article but make it about WiFi.

My personal favorite was "buyweedhere."

Anyone else notice she had cracked her Iphone screen...

FTA "On the train, when I see 'Our maintenance sucks' on my phone, I know I'm almost to Howard."

I use my GPS personally...

ArcadianRefugee: In other news, people give their bowling teams bizarre names (such as "I Can't Believe it's Not Gutter!" and "Ebowla").

But that's not 'now', so we'll do the same exact article but make it about WiFi.

Go away and shout at those kids on your lawn...

"I used to be `with it` but then they changed what `it` was and now `it` is weird and scary"

Precision Boobery: Burn_The_Plows: "Uncle Touchy's Naked Puzzle Basement & Candy Emporium" will always be my favorite.

FTFY

You won't wear a shirt and you'll cry.

named mine dialup.

/Tis not really connected to dial up.

Mine is called "clusters", and you will never, ever, ever guess why.

All the names around here are tame. One "linksys", a couple of anons and things like Gabe's.

Mine's called "no connections available".


/It's a lie, though.
//There really ARE connections available.

JasonOfOrillia: My router's name is Medea. For obvious reasons.

It was made by these guys?

I've never heard of this. How do i do this on my smartphone?

/off my lawn

Diogenes Teufelsdrockh: 63% of all wireless routers are named "Skynet".

As soon as that reaches 80% Skynet will become self-aware.

With 9 his-hers-ours kids i named mine "House of Insanity"

"You could drive me around and I could keep my eyes closed, and if you read the Wi-Fi names, I could tell you if you were in a rich or poor community"

Isn't it interesting and informative that you could find Wi-Fi signals in poor neighborhoods?

FTA: "Janelli, who has long, chestnut-colored hair and big, dark eyes, wore a turquoise scarf and held her iPhone before her,..."

/Bring her to me

Goimir: I named my wireless network "Marconi"

I actually still use Morse code over the radio, so meh.

/Wi-Fi here is named after the cat

Mine is "Spaceballs: The Access Point."

/cool SSID bro?

Mine is "Gustav Karlsson Horn", for no particular reason.

LincolnLogolas: All I see are a bunch of unsecured networks named "NETGEAR".

Those are getting pretty rare. More and more access points are coming with at least WEP ast the default. I know the 2Wire modems from AT&T do.

dittybopper: "You could drive me around and I could keep my eyes closed, and if you read the Wi-Fi names, I could tell you if you were in a rich or poor community"

Isn't it interesting and informative that you could find Wi-Fi signals in poor neighborhoods?

It sure is. That says to me that the internet is a very cost-effective entertainment tool and the poor are figuring that out. It also offers many great ways to improve your life and can open doors to improving your situation. One of the better jobs I had when I was younger I got from posting on CareerBuilder. That was also the first time that I got called to work at a company I hadn't even applied at. My wife and I have been through budget crunches and the internet has always been a last resort to cut.

I'd like to see how many are WEP (and therefore crackable passwords in less than a minute) and how many don't even require a password.

Never ceases to amaze me how few people understand their wireless network connections.

The Internet is practically necessary, and I'm not talking about porn. When I was looking for work pounding the pavement I was asked to go apply online everywhere I went. I mean, considering stuff like netflix, why even have cable?

My home network is named after me...

mine is TheInternet

HotIgneous Intruder: FTA: "Janelli, who has long, chestnut-colored hair and big, dark eyes, wore a turquoise scarf and held her iPhone before her,..."

/Bring her to me

Either the author was under the word count and added some meaningless detail or he used to write for Penthouse Forum.

0Icky0: You could tell rich or poor by the smoothness of the roads.

This.

I think the lady is reading too much into these Wi-Fi names. It is more like when people are young and dumb they do silly things to draw attention to themselves, like giving their routers outrageous names and having fun naming their routers. When people get older, more mature and settled they tend to not to feel the need to be outrages and draw attention to themselves, plus they may have young kids that they are trying to set a good example for, so they start using more mundane names.

Rich and poor have nothing to do with it, it is more like young and childless vs. being older with a family. Go to a section of town with an affluent younger population and you will see the wacky router names there also.

I've setup literally dozens of routers in my hometown (Calgary) with the name coconet. If you've seen it, I've been nearby!

Once I am connected, I turn off my SSID broadcast.

Also I use a 5Ghz, 802.11a/n that I can't see from my iPhone. I still use WiFi for my iPhone, I just have another router.

/business class internet after receiving nasty note from Comcast for exceeding their monthly data cap.

Around me is NETGEAR, Edwin R. Jensen II, Wifi of DOOM!, MoolonLabay, and The Trifecta. I don't get it either.

moistD: mine is TheInternet