Long story short, my classmate Jane provided free accommodation for Anne and me during this vocation. And both of us are grateful. And I sometimes even feel guilty because besides the free food, Jane’s mom cleans our room and even does our laundry. I’m not doubting her hospitality or anything, but recently I noticed the wifi speed is kind of weird and after I checked out the router’s settings (is this rude?), I found out Jane has limited the network speed of our devices. I modified my IP so as to bypass the limitation but she soon modified the settings to put another limit on my new IP address. And I noticed the speed limit Jane has put on me is different from that she put on Anne. I mean, I’m not taking this personal and I don’t want to cause any more inconvenience as we’re already causing. I know Jane plays League of Legend and choppy network speed might affect her gaming experience, so I’m kind of OK with that, since I don’t play any computer games or anything. However, when I was helping Anne to flash a ROM on her phone, I kind of bricked it, and now I have to download a new ROM to save her phone. But it will take a few days to download under such a limit, and until then, Anne’s phone will have to stay bricked. I don’t think I should tell Anne the limit thing because the different speed limits might cause confusion. And we’ve been complaining about the crappy speed but Jane doesn’t seem to be in a position to lift them. And I don’t want Anne’s phone to remain bricked for too long. What do you think I should do?

If you cannot be honest and express yourself, then you are left with taking longer under the condition you find yourself in. I would think knowing what the conditions are would make you be more mindful of the way you do things to avoid these conflicts in the future.

I am sure explaining yourself may get a temporary lifting on the speed restrictions to correct your friends phone, but be mindful of those restrictions in the future especially with someone else's stuff.

I checked out the router's settings (is this rude?),

Yes this was very rude! And you do nothing because you are a guest.

I am sure explaining yourself may get a temporary lifting.
But this would indicate that I have checked out the router's settings.


Yes this was very rude! And you do nothing because you are a guest.
Which would also indicate my rudeness.

You are in some else's home. She may be paying extra for speed for all you know. You're staying there for free, deal with it.

You are in some else's home. She may be paying extra for speed for all you know. You're staying there for free, deal with it.
Ok, my bad.
I'm even more guilty now.

You made a mistake by not simply asking before acting. Own it and do better. Lesson learned?

You made a mistake by not simply asking before acting. Own it and do better. Lesson learned?
Yes and Thank you.