Poll reveals one third of US citizens access WiFi, so what?
A recent survey by the Pew Internet Project (as reported by my colleague George Gardner) reveals that 34% of American citizens have accessed wireless networks with laptops, PDA’s and cell phones at one time or another. When will a study tell us something we DON’T already know?
The survey reveals most of the wireless network activity came from laptops (40%), and the majority of wireless internet usage resided in the 30-49 year old demographic; almost 1 in 5 adults access wireless networks abroad, and almost 1 in 6 use PDA devices.
Other “nuggets” from the report: males held a slight margin over females in wireless usage, almost 70% of wireless users are Caucasian, 42% are college graduates, and 35% earn over $75,000 annually.
These results were based on information from 798 candidates.
These results are swell, but there are a few categories I would like to see included, such as: percentage of of wireless users who access WiFi from Starbucks, percentage of users who leech wireless from their neighbors, and most importantly, how many non-wireless broadband users refuse (or don’t understand how) to give up their precious America Online accounts.
To the folks over at Pew; thanks, but let me know when you have the real goods on the American public.
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