How to respond when you can’t log in to a Wi-Fi hotspot

Wi-Fi hotspots are everywhere, but I find increasingly often that companies and organizations have janky portals. Sometimes, I’m asked for a code that nobody in the location seems to have. Other times, the network stalls and never quite lets me in but doesn’t disconnect my iPhone, either. In these cases, you’re often presented with two choices: Use Without Internet or Use Other Network. Those choices don’t make clear what the outcome would be, but I can explain it plainly:

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