ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTaliban leader bans Wi-Fi in an Afghan province to 'prevent immorality'apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTaliban leader bans Wi-Fi in an Afghan province to 'prevent immorality'apnews.comardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoHow can the AP make such a basic mistake as calling Internet access ‘Wi-Fi’? The Taliban didn’t ban Wi-Fi, they banned fiber optic internet connections. People can run Wi-Fi networks all day.
minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoBecause almost everyone else in the world has begun referring to their entire internet connection as “Wi-Fi” and it pisses me off, too.
How can the AP make such a basic mistake as calling Internet access ‘Wi-Fi’?
The Taliban didn’t ban Wi-Fi, they banned fiber optic internet connections. People can run Wi-Fi networks all day.
Because almost everyone else in the world has begun referring to their entire internet connection as “Wi-Fi” and it pisses me off, too.