為了省錢,有些人甘于做一個“蹭客”:蹭飯、蹭車,甚至蹭網。相對于蹭飯和蹭車,蹭網要隱秘得多,所以蹭網一族大有人在。這種走到哪蹭到哪的蹭網族也被稱為internet hobo(網絡游民)。Internet hobo refers to someone who is using their neighbors/hotel across the roads wi fi internet.“網絡游民”指那些用鄰居或馬路對面飯店的無線網絡上網的人。
Example: My friend just bought a new high power wi fi card so he can connect to the neighbors wi fi and is now an offical internet hobo. 我朋友剛買了一個新的高功率無線上網卡,為的是可以連接上鄰居的無線網絡,現在他也是個不折不扣的“網絡游民”了。