Passpoint Wi-Fi system makes it even easier to roam between hotspots

The Wi-Fi Passpoint system continues to toil in relative obscurity, with most people unaware that a network of open Wi-Fi hotspots can be easily accessed via your phone or tablet. A Wednesday upgrade will make it even easier to get started. Passpoint works like the network of cell-phone towers that your phone uses. As you drive down the freeway, for instance, your phone's signal is handed off from one tower to the next. Passpoint works the same way, allowing your mobile device to jump from one hotspot to the next—along San Francisco's Market Street, for example. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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