Dear Eduroam,
You are the worst WiFi network on the face of the planet. I don't mean to offend you but you kinda suck. You constantly disconnect on my phone and laptop, forcing me to log in countless times during the day--both in-between classes and from building to building.
You've also caused my cellphone bill to rise dramatically. It's very rude of you to assume that we all have unlimited plans. Some of us share a finite amount of GB's between our entire family; we don't appreciate the mobile carrier text alert that tells us we have gone over our data limit for a month and now must pay an extra $15. Translation: It's not cool, bro.
I don't totally hate you, Eduroam. I think you have some redeeming qualities; I just can't name them off the top of my head.
Before you arrived at UD, we had a few options of networks to connect to on campus, UDel and UDel Secure. Both were friendly and reliable and kept my cellphone bill at a reasonable cost. They didn't bail out on me at 2 a.m. when I was typing a 16 page paper and they made sure I was able to watch funny cat videos on YouTube on my morning commute across the Green.
You have left us frustrated, hurt, confused, and angry at a time when we are extremely vulnerable: Midterms.
Eduroam, this is the time when we need to be able to count on you the most.
A vast majority of us have just spent the past two weeks studying (*cough* cramming *cough*) in Club Morris for exams we very well may not pass and you are to blame. We couldn't log in to Sakai and Canvas to view study guides because, as you know, you decided not to connect.
So we sat, huddled together, cold, hungry, and desolate in the second floor atrium and cried out to the gods--like any scholars would--for a miracle.
I can't speak for everyone at this university, but the vast majority of us welcome change and accept newcomers into the Blue Hen Nation with open wings.
We were willing to accept you back in September; we kept an open mind and were ready to love you as our new WiFi network.
But since that time, you have proven yourself to be untrustworthy and we suspect that you are ill willed, mal-intentioned. Seriously dude, what is your problem? Do you think it's funny to leave us hanging all the time?
You have hurt us worse than the boy who ghosted or the girl that keeps cancelling plans at the last minute.
Maybe we are being dramatic but the feelings are super raw right now. Maybe we are wrong about you; for all we know you are just an immature WiFi network who hasn't learned how to be considerate yet.
Moving forward, I hope you have the capability to be responsible, dependable, and reliable. We will always have a special place in our hearts for UDel and UDel Secure, but our hearts are very big--we are Blue Hens, after all--and there is room for you in there, too. You just have to prove to us that you deserve it.
