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Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by neptune@dmv.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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 1 points 8 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.