Comment on Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle”
bfg9k@lemmy.world 2 months agoCan’t realistically plug your phone into the wall every time you want to use the internet
The whole point of a mobile phone is that it’s mobile
TheBat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ok Zoomer.
We’re talking about offices where people generally use laptops for work. Why are you mentioning mobiles?
bfg9k@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What if I want to move my laptop around the office, say for example to make a presentation, or work in a different area? If I’m just working on some documents online, I don’t need a fast connection, just 30-50Mbit is plenty enough for pretty much everything, including video calls etc
And what you’re telling me you never use a mobile at work? You still need a signal to make/receive regular phone calls
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s true, which is why the article mentions one of the things googlers are doing is using their phone as a hotspot.
Y’see the phone gets it’s internet from the cell tower. It then passes the internet to the laptop via a local (i.e. 2 feet) wifi or bluetooth connection.
That’s an entirely different thing than enterprise-wide wifi. And if the building was blocking cell phone signals - well, first of all I’d be impressed, and secondly they would tear it down.