You settle into a cafe for a quick remote meeting. Your laptop is out, your phone is buzzing, and the barista drops off a flat white with oat milk, exactly how you like it. The call is about to start. One question remains. Do you ask for the Wi-Fi password, or do you switch on your phone’s 5G hotspot and keep going?
Not that long ago, the answer was obvious. Mobile data was limited, expensive, and slow in many places. Public Wi-Fi was the sensible way to save your monthly allowance and keep costs down….