Cafe owners are pulling the plug on WiFi

Re:Cafe owners are pulling the plug on WiFi by smudgymcscmudge on Sunday April 30, 2017 @10:08PM (#14235090)

The problem with smoking sections was the smoke would waft over to the non-smoking area. You'll have the same problem with wifi.

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Re:Cafe owners are pulling the plug on WiFi by detaro on Sunday April 30, 2017 @10:17PM (#14235137)

Call it "laptop-section" and "no-laptop-section" and enforce that? (since it seems to be the goal in the end anyways) I've been to places like that and it works.

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Re:Cafe owners are pulling the plug on WiFi by var_eps on Sunday April 30, 2017 @11:16PM (#14235379)

When I was in Berlin last winter, I noticed a few coffee shops that had strict no-laptop policies at the front but often allowed laptops in back rooms or further away from the entrance. Seemed like a win-win.

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Re:Cafe owners are pulling the plug on WiFi by spraak on Sunday April 30, 2017 @10:17PM (#14235134)

Maybe they mean that the area would be designated for people who intend to sit and use the wifi for a long period, whereas the other area would be for shorter sits.

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Re:Cafe owners are pulling the plug on WiFi by zachkatz on Sunday April 30, 2017 @10:11PM (#14235100)

Maybe it's possible to jam the signal around a perimeter. Maybe not...yet.

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Re:Cafe owners are pulling the plug on WiFi by arkano on Sunday April 30, 2017 @10:12PM (#14235110)

Isn't that illegal?

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Re:Cafe owners are pulling the plug on WiFi by an_account on Sunday April 30, 2017 @10:33PM (#14235229)

If you're using an active "jammer", then yes it's highly illegal.

However, if you build a RF blocking wall, then it is legal.

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Re:Cafe owners are pulling the plug on WiFi by abrowne on Sunday April 30, 2017 @10:42PM (#14235270)

Mesh curtains?

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