Everyone Is Trying to Outdo Each Other With Cute Wi-Fi Names
- 7 years ago
Everyone Is Trying to Outdo Each Other With Cute Wi-Fi Names
“You name your Wi-Fi so you don’t have to read the overly lengthy digit code and password to visitors,
but also to authentically create a moment of levity, to tell your friend something they may not know about you,” said Natalie Zfat, 31, a social media entrepreneur in New York City.
Barbara De Berry, 55, a retired real estate relocation director in Wayne, N. J., uses the title deberry (no space), and her home phone number — yes, some people still have phones
that plug into the wall — as the password, to gain web access.
of Electric, which manages more than 100 Wi-Fi networks in New York City annually,
and has configured connections with names like DropItLikeItsHotspot, Abraham Linksys (a router brand pun) and BeckyWithTheGoodHair (which refers to a Beyoncé song).
Paige Morgan-Foy, 66, director of the dance program at the Teaching Studios at Wesleyan Christian
Academy in High Point, N. C., named her network PointeToMe, as in the ballet shoe.
“There were always people who were straightforward
and then others who were much more creative and detail focused,” she said, citing aliases like Flirty4u and Sporty88.
“You name your Wi-Fi so you don’t have to read the overly lengthy digit code and password to visitors,
but also to authentically create a moment of levity, to tell your friend something they may not know about you,” said Natalie Zfat, 31, a social media entrepreneur in New York City.
Barbara De Berry, 55, a retired real estate relocation director in Wayne, N. J., uses the title deberry (no space), and her home phone number — yes, some people still have phones
that plug into the wall — as the password, to gain web access.
of Electric, which manages more than 100 Wi-Fi networks in New York City annually,
and has configured connections with names like DropItLikeItsHotspot, Abraham Linksys (a router brand pun) and BeckyWithTheGoodHair (which refers to a Beyoncé song).
Paige Morgan-Foy, 66, director of the dance program at the Teaching Studios at Wesleyan Christian
Academy in High Point, N. C., named her network PointeToMe, as in the ballet shoe.
“There were always people who were straightforward
and then others who were much more creative and detail focused,” she said, citing aliases like Flirty4u and Sporty88.