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Wireless clients face significant challenges in choosing the right access point with which to associate. What's more, the right choice changes with time - as clients move, workloads vary, or the environment changes. Unfortunately, switching from one access point to another is a heavyweight operation, as connection state can be lost in the process. We propose a technique to lower this friction, called elastic access, or EA. The key insight is to retain existing connections on their current access points, but establish new connections on a superior alternative, juggling between them. We present our overall design, an initial proof-of-concept implementation and evaluation, and describe some of the challenges that we must overcome to make this vision a reality.