Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad?

From	"Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad?
Date	2025-05-22 18:35 +0200
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On 2025-05-22 16:49, micky wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 22 May 2025 11:21:54 +0200, "Carlos E.
> R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-05-21 21:05, micky wrote:
>>> In comp.mobile.android, on Wed, 21 May 2025 10:53:58 +0200, "Carlos E.
>>> R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2025-05-20 23:24, micky wrote:

...

>>> I think they didn't allow for xfinity being all over the place, or I
>>> saved it somehow even though I'd never connected to it.
>>
>> I am not familiar with  xfinity. What is it?
> 
> Internet provider like verison. Owned by comcast fwiw.   All of their
> routers put out two channels, one for the subsciber and one for any
> xfinity subscriber who happens to be nearby. 

Ah, yes. I know about that scheme, but not who does it.

> Early advertisign gave the
> impression it was for anyone at all, and once I was halfway into a 2
> hour trip when i realized I'd forgotten to take the address I was going
> to. I stopped in some little town in front of some old houses and
> without getting out of the car, used someone's internet.  I thought it
> was the signal for everyone but it was probably the unlocked signal for
> the subscriber himself.    But I got the address.


-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.

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why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-20 17:24 -0400
  Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-21 07:35 +0100
    Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-21 14:38 -0400
  Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-21 08:00 +0100
    Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-21 14:47 -0400
  Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-21 10:53 +0200
    Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-21 15:05 -0400
      Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-22 11:21 +0200
        Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-22 10:49 -0400
          Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-22 18:35 +0200
            Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-05-22 17:26 +0000
    Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-05-22 16:42 +0100
      Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-05-23 09:00 -0400
        Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-23 15:49 +0200
          Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-23 12:15 -0400
          Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-05-23 13:34 -0400
  Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2025-05-21 07:50 -0700
    Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-21 15:07 -0400
  Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-21 18:09 +0000
    Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-21 15:02 -0400
      Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-22 22:34 -0400
        Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-23 17:52 +0100
          Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-23 17:26 -0400
            Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-24 09:03 +0100
              Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-24 15:55 -0400
          Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-23 23:33 +0200
            Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-24 09:04 +0100
  Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-05-22 16:34 +0100

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