{"id":5165,"date":"2013-03-08T10:35:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T15:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/?p=5165"},"modified":"2022-01-31T18:33:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T00:33:03","slug":"republic-wirelesss-wi-fi-app-is-essential-for-its-future-36558","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/republic-wireless\/republic-wirelesss-wi-fi-app-is-essential-for-its-future-36558\/","title":{"rendered":"Republic Wireless&#039;s Wi-Fi+ app is essential for its future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[For all of the good in Republic Wireless's plan, there are a few practical hitches. Yes, they can afford to charge customers only $20 per month for smartphone service, because they utilize WiFi to a greater degree than your average smartphone. But smartphone owners, particularly Android users, understand the hitches that exist with connecting to a WiFi network. Many of them are locked. Many others require authentication. So while your phone might appear connected to a WiFi network, you still have to take action before you're actually online. That certainly presents troubles to a provider that relies on frequent connections to WiFi networks.\n<!--more-->\nYesterday Republic introduced a potential solution to its WiFi connection problem. The WiF+ app performs a number of crucial functions for Republic users. Most importantly, it automatically detects available networks and authenticates. So when you pass by, say, a Starbucks, it will detect the network, connect, and automatically authenticate. As long as you&#8217;re within range you will use WiFi for all major phone functions.\n(The downside is that Republic doesn&#8217;t yet have a handoff system, so if you are in the range of that Starbucks while on the phone, you&#8217;ll drop the call once you&#8217;re out of range.)\nRepublic&#8217;s other aim with the app is to let people know the proportion of their data they&#8217;re consuming over WiFi. With unlimited 3G usage available, many customers won&#8217;t care about this feature. Then again, WiFi is typically far faster than any Sprint 3G connection in the US, so customers will likely have a more enjoyable experience if they&#8217;re connected to WiFi more often. Whether they understand this and take advantage remains to be seen.\nWhile the app will certainly help &#8212; autentication is not an issue that will go away &#8212; Republic still has some hurdles to clear before people consider it a serious option. The ability to seamlessly transition between WiFi and 3G is chief among them, followed closely by handset selection. If they can solve those problems, perhaps they&#8217;ll have a solution that other MVNOs can emulate.\nYou can get Republic&#8217;s WiFi+ app at Google Play.\nVia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonescoop.com\/articles\/article.php?a=12061\">Phone Scoop<\/a>.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-republic-wireless"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Republic Wireless&#039;s Wi-Fi+ app is essential for its future | Prepaid Reviews Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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