Why Is There An Antenna On My Modem?

Happyflowerlady understood my point. The more people that gain access through the same wifi point, throughput slows considerably. For example, 10 minutes to download a file that should normally take less than a minute. I allow Family and Friends to use the wifi that I pay for but, Camper6, why should I allow complete strangers a free ride?
 

My understanding is that free public wifi such as at Target can be used by another user to get into the website one is using, unless that website is a secure website using hpps. No other files should be able to be accessed if you're not on them. Even with home wifi, I will not purchase on a website where the purchase page does not have the secured designation. I complained to one and they said that yes, it was secured, but it was not. Now after some time, I see that their purchase page does have the hpps designation.
At home, my wifi does have a WPA Key, a very long one. And all the other wifi addresses I see are all secured. I'm not really sure however, about what is a VPN.
 
Olivia said:
My understanding is that free public wifi such as at Target can be used by another user to get into the website one is using, unless that website is a secure website using hpps. No other files should be able to be accessed if you're not on them. Even with home wifi, I will not purchase on a website where the purchase page does not have the secured designation. I complained to one and they said that yes, it was secured, but it was not. Now after some time, I see that their purchase page does have the hpps designation.
At home, my wifi does have a WPA Key, a very long one. And all the other wifi addresses I see are all secured. I'm not really sure however, about what is a VPN.
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Virtual Private Network
 

Macfan said:
Happyflowerlady understood my point. The more people that gain access through the same wifi point, throughput slows considerably. For example, 10 minutes to download a file that should normally take less than a minute. I allow Family and Friends to use the wifi that I pay for but, Camper6, why should I allow complete strangers a free ride?
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If I visit my sisters house I use her wi fi. She is paying for it.

No one can access your wi fi unless you give them the password. Public wi fi is open. They advertise free wi fi.

If you go into settings, wi fi, you can see all the available networks. If a padlock is there you need a password to access that network. No padlock. Just sign in.
 
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