Nice article over at The Ruckus Room on Hotspot 2.0...
From Article: "Making Wi-Fi as easy as cellular” is a popular maxim when engineers, marketeers, and journalists talk about Hotspot 2.0. And it’s not hard to understand why. The cellular connectivity experience is well understood in virtually every culture, while, except to those involved with its development and testing, Hotspot 2.0 remains a big unknown. Therefore to say Hotspot 2.0 makes Wi-Fi connectivity like cellular puts it in terms that most people can understand. In fact, if you look back, you’ll find a few Ruckus press releases and presentations that use this very analogy.
However, as we approach the launch of production Hotspot 2.0 networks and begin using this technology in our daily lives, it is important to have a more precise understanding of what it is and how it works.
It’s at this point that the comparison with cellular connectivity and roaming falls short of conveying what people need to know. For context, it’s best to start examining some of the similarities and differences between cellular and Wi-Fi with Hotspot 2.0 relative to connecting automatically, authentication, and roaming. Airlink encryption aside, users can be assured that robust security is given for both cellular and Wi-Fi (wih Hotspot 2.0) connections.
From Article: "Making Wi-Fi as easy as cellular” is a popular maxim when engineers, marketeers, and journalists talk about Hotspot 2.0. And it’s not hard to understand why. The cellular connectivity experience is well understood in virtually every culture, while, except to those involved with its development and testing, Hotspot 2.0 remains a big unknown. Therefore to say Hotspot 2.0 makes Wi-Fi connectivity like cellular puts it in terms that most people can understand. In fact, if you look back, you’ll find a few Ruckus press releases and presentations that use this very analogy.
However, as we approach the launch of production Hotspot 2.0 networks and begin using this technology in our daily lives, it is important to have a more precise understanding of what it is and how it works.
It’s at this point that the comparison with cellular connectivity and roaming falls short of conveying what people need to know. For context, it’s best to start examining some of the similarities and differences between cellular and Wi-Fi with Hotspot 2.0 relative to connecting automatically, authentication, and roaming. Airlink encryption aside, users can be assured that robust security is given for both cellular and Wi-Fi (wih Hotspot 2.0) connections.
