My question would be why you'd ever use this instead of Wi-Fi? The range of these wouldn't be much better than a proper Wi-Fi access point anyway. Wi-Fi suppor

My question would be why you'd ever use this instead of Wi-Fi? The range of these wouldn't be much better than a proper Wi-Fi access point anyway. Wi-Fi supports EAP-AKA which uses the SIM card and carrier's cooperation to seamlessly authenticate clients, so credential management is also solved.