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I-Crummy WiFi egumbini lakho lehhotela akuyona inkinga ecindezela kakhulu emhlabeni. Kodwa uma ukhokhela ikhaya (kanye nehhovisi) kude nasekhaya, ulindele ukunethezeka okuthile: umbhede othokomele, ishawa elishisayo nokufinyelela ku-inthanethi okuthembekile.
Awukwazi ukulungisa i-inthanethi ehhotela lakho. Kodwa awunawo amandla aphelele kuleyo WiFi yehhotela engenasici.
Kungani i-inthanethi ivame ukuba yimbi emahhotela?
Kunzima ukusabalalisa ukufinyelela kwe-inthanethi kuwo wonke amagumbi, futhi amahhotela awazange aphathe i-WiFi njengento ebalulekile.
Amahhotela amaningi ayazi ukuthi izivakashi zawo zilindele ukufinyelela ku-inthanethi, kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi kufanele kube kuhle. Imishini ye-inthanethi yamahhotela kanye nesofthiwe kungenzeka ukuthi ayizange ihambisane nothando lwakho lokusakaza ividiyo, izingcingo ze-Zoom neminye imisebenzi yokuqoqa idatha.
“Abazange batshale imali ku-WiFi ehamba phambili,” kusho uDavid Henry, umongameli kanye nomphathi jikelele wemikhiqizo yasekhaya exhunyiwe kanye nezinsizakalo kwa-Netgear, eyenza imishini ye-inthanethi.
Amahhotela nawo agcwele izithiyo zokuvimba i-WiFi njengezindonga, izinto zikagesi, nabanye abantu bonke ababelana ngomkhawulokudonsa we-inthanethi olinganiselwe.
Lokho akusona izaba, nokho. Kuliqili futhi ukuthela amanzi ashisayo emagumbini ayi-100 abantu abashawa kanyekanye. Awubekezeleli amapayipi amapayipi, futhi akufanele wamukele i-inthanethi engathembekile.
Ongakwenza: Zama ukuhambahamba
Uma unenkinga, zama ukuze ubone ukuthi ezinye izingxenye zegumbi lakho lehhotela zinokuxhunywa kwe-inthanethi okuqinile yini. Kukholi yami yevidiyo engaqinile, kubonakale kusiza lapho ngisuka efasiteleni.
Ukupaka endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi ehhotela engaminyene noma esikhungweni sebhizinisi esinoxhumano lwe-inthanethi oluhlukile kungase kube isinyathelo esikhuphukayo ukusuka ku-WiFi yangaphakathi okwabelwana ngayo phakathi kwamakamelo angu-50.
Amanye amahhotela anikeza isevisi ye-inthanethi eyisisekelo efakwe enanini legumbi kanye ne-WiFi esheshayo uma ukhokha okwengeziwe. Ngiyakuzonda lokhu, kodwa ochwepheshe abambalwa be-inthanethi bathe isigaba esikhokhelwayo singase sibe ukubheja okuhle.
Uma abantu abaningi bengayikhokheli insizakalo ye-zippy futhi wenza kanjalo, uzobe usebenzisa umzila we-inthanethi ongaminyene kakhulu.
U-Sascha Meinrath, uprofesa wezokuxhumana e-Penn State University, uphakamise ukubuza abasebenzi basehhotela (kakuhle) ukuthi ungakwazi yini ukushintsha amagumbi.
Uthe amahhotela angase abekele eceleni amagumbi ezivakashi ezithembekile noma ama-VIP, futhi isevisi ye-inthanethi ingase ibe ngcono lapho. Anginaso isibindi sokucela ukuthuthukiswa, kodwa ungazama.
Abasebenzi bedeski elingaphambili ababona ukwesekwa kwakho kwezobuchwepheshe, kodwa kungase futhi kudingeke ukuba ubabuze ngezinkinga zakho zangaphakathi kwe-WiFi. Bangase bazazi izindawo zehhotela ezinesevisi ye-inthanethi ye-perkier.
(Yini oyithole iwusizo ekufinyeleleni ku-inthanethi uma usohambweni? Ngazise nge-imeyili ku shira.ovide@washpost.com.)
Sebenzisa ifoni yakho njengendawo ye-WiFi hotspot
Kuye ngohlelo lwakho lwesevisi yeselula, ungase ukwazi ukusebenzisa ifoni yakho ukuze ukhanyise i-WiFi kukhompyutha yakho ephathekayo.
Ungase udinge ukubuza umhlinzeki wefoni yakho noma ubheke imiyalelo yokusebenzisa ifoni yakho njengendawo ye-inthanethi. (Nansi imibuzo ebuzwa njalo I-Verizon, I-AT&T futhi I-T-Mobile.)
Lesi akusona isixazululo esihle uma uhamba kakhulu. Ukusebenzisa ifoni yakho njengehabhu le-WiFi kudatha nebhethri lakho, ungase ukhokhiswe okwengeziwe futhi inkampani yocingo ingase ibambezele ukuxhumeka kwakho.
Ungaphinda uthenge izindawo okudonswa kuzo amaselula ezizinikele, nakuba lokho kwengeza enye ibhili yefoni kubhajethi yakho.
Ungagcini i-WiFi yehhotela le-crummy iyimfihlo
Akuwona wonke umuntu onendaba nezinsiza zehhotela ezifanayo. Ukuba nechibi lokubhukuda ehhotela kungase kubaluleke kuwe, futhi akukhona okwami. I-WiFi engathembekile iyisixazululi kimi futhi mhlawumbe hhayi eyakho.
Kodwa uma isevisi ye-inthanethi eyikhwalithi ibalulekile kuwe, yazisa ihhotela ngempendulo yekhasimende kanye nezibuyekezo.
“Ibhola lisenkantolo yomthengi ukuze kuphakanyiswe ukubaluleka kubasebenzi bamahhotela,” kusho uHenry.
Amawebhusayithi okuvakasha awalona usizo ngempela ekukunikezeni amandla.
Ngemuva kokuhlala kwami ehhotela, bengifuna ukubona ukuthi abanye abantu bakhononda yini nge-WiFi engcolile yehhotela kumasayithi afaka phakathi Hotels.com kanye ne-Travelocity. Bekucishe kungenzeki ukuhlola ukubuyekezwa kwezinsiza ezithile noma amagama afana ne-“WiFi.”
Futhi nakuba lawo mawebhusayithi ezokuhamba evame ukufaka kuhlu ukuthi ihhotela liyahlinzeka yini ngesevisi ye-inthanethi nokuthi kubiza yini okwengeziwe, awabonakali ehlola ikhwalithi.
I-Expedia Group, engumnikazi wamawebhusayithi okuhamba afaka i-Expedia, Hotels.com kanye ne-Travelocity, yathi imiphumela yosesho ku-Hotels.com ihlanganisa isihlungi “sokuzizwisa kwabavakashi” sezakhiwo ezinezinsiza “ezilungele ibhizinisi” kuhlanganise ne-WiFi. Ungaphinda ukhethe ukufunda kuphela izibuyekezo ezibhalwe abahambi bebhizinisi. Angizange ngithole lezi zinketho ziwusizo.
Ngemuva kokuthi ngiphume ehhotela lami le-WiFi dead zone, lingithumelele inhlolovo yempendulo nge-imeyili. Ngivame ukuziba lezo zinto. Kulokhu ngaphendula ngathi mhlawumbe ngeke ngiphinde ngihlale ehhotela ngoba ngangingeke ngithembele kuWiFi.
Ngazizwa sengathi ngenze ingxenye yami encane ukuze ngisize izivakashi ezigqoke izingubo zokulala zesikhathi esizayo ezizama ukuhlangabezana nezinsuku zokugcina zomsebenzi.
- Uma uzwe izindaba ezithusayo mayelana nezingozi zokuphepha ngokusebenzisa i-WiFi ezindaweni ezifana namahhotela nezitolo zekhofi, zipholele. Kubantu abaningi, kuphephile ukusebenzisa i-WiFi yomphakathi eyabiwe.
- Ungakwenzi lokho. Amaphutha amane owenzayo nge-inthanethi yasekhaya.
Ngiyayithanda imithetho. Nawu umthetho wegolide wozakwethu uChris Velazco wamagajethi:
“Uma ingaphukile kakhulu, futhi uthole noma yini engaphansi kweminyaka emibili edlule, ungacabangi nokuyifaka esikhundleni sayo.”
Emafonini amasha namadala, ukulungisa kungase kube imbuyiselo enhle ekutshaleni kwakho imali, kusho uChris. Ungasebenzisa u-$100 esitolo sokulungisa ushintsha ibhethri lakho noma ngaphezulu ukuze ulungise isikrini sakho esiqhume. Lokho akushibhile, kodwa kuyinzuzo uma kuqhathaniswa nezindleko zedivayisi entsha.
Funda (futhi buka) okuningi okuvela kuChris lapho kuhlakaniphile ukuthenga igajethi entsha futhi uma kungenjalo.
