Publicroam is an authentication service for WiFi networks. By using publicroam for the first time you create a ‘publicroam account’ (which can be regarded as a kind of virtual identity) with which you can connect securely and very easily to WiFi networks of organizations that use publicroam (hereinafter we call these organizations ‘host organizations’ and their WiFi networks ‘host WiFi networks’). It’s important to understand that publicroam is not an internet access service or other (tele)communication service. The publicroam service only verifies your virtual identity (using your publicroam account) so that you as a user can use the host organization's WiFi host network in an authenticated manner.