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"Make do" with ethernet? Charlie Brown, ethernet is the superior networking interface. People "make do" with wifi.

I guess they’ll have to cancel their building like they cancel everything else they do.

This is why Wi-Fi is annoying, I'll take a wired connection over Wi-Fi any day.

The moral is – Wi-fi intensity study should be part of modern architecture.

I'm all for 👍 architecture. Just consider Wi-fi before building it.

For this structure, I wonder if the best solution is – Just add more mesh points. Not elegant but what if there's no better way?

Googlers assigned to the building are making do with Ethernet cables,

If I'm working at a desk, then I'd definitely rather have a cable than rely on wireless, regardless of the roof structure.

lmao sounds like they just need to all stand right at the spot where the parabolas of the ceiling have a focal point.

Reminder: this is the company that holds a monopoly on the internet and dictates web standards.

Funny how there's a lot of wired vs wireless hate in the comments, can't really pin down the reason. Generational?

Wired will always be more stable and faster, whereas wireless is more ubiquitous. If you work at a fixed position, prefer wired. If wired is unavailable, well, you'll have to make do with wireless. USB-C dongles and docking stations are a thing, so the laptop doesn't have it argument doesn't hold.

I bet there is a strong WiFi spot a few feet above the building.

I actually rather prefer ethernet. Much more stable.

Why do all thing need to look like these soulless glass metal and concrete blobs. Like bruh, why not build something cool lime a Roman Temple, European Castle, Viking Longhouse, Ancient Chinese Pagoda ...

I’ll take access point bombing for 1000 Alex. I see several in wall and wall-mounted varieties in the immediate future of that place… 😂

The solution is more Unifi hotspots

Just make every ceiling tile and outlet have one and you'll have all the coverage you will ever need

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Reuters reports that Google's first self-designed office building has "been plagued for months by inoperable or, at best, spotty Wi-Fi, according to six people familiar with the matter."

At launch, Google's VP of Real Estate & Workplace Services, David Radcliffe, said the site "marks the first time we developed one of our own major campuses, and the process gave us the chance to rethink the very idea of an office."

The roof is covered in solar cells and collects rainwater while also letting in natural light, and Google calls it the "Gradient Canopy."

All those peaks and parabolic ceiling sections apparently aren't great for Wi-Fi propagation, with the Reuters report saying that the roof "swallows broadband like the Bermuda Triangle."

Googlers assigned to the building are making do with Ethernet cables, using phones as hotspots, or working outside, where the Wi-Fi is stronger.

A Google spokesperson told Reuters the company has already made several improvements and hopes to have a fix in the coming weeks.

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Its funny that one of the monuments of capitalism has bad WiFi because the roof had to be very fancy and imposing.

Totally fits in the google idiotism that we got used to since few years. The enshittification started when that pichai become the CEO

Glad to see Google is embracing evil even with it's architecture now

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Guessing the building was designed by an artist and not an engineer.