One-third of U.S. Internet users have connected to the Web using a wireless network according to a survey released on Sunday by the Pew Internet Project (pdf).
According to C/Net, the survey also found that 20 percent of Internet users now have wireless networks available at home, double the number recorded in January 2005.
Some 34 percent of Internet users surveyed said they have logged on to the Web using a laptop computer, handheld personal digital assistant or cell phone.
Four in ten (39%) internet users have laptop computers and of these
laptop users, 80% say their laptops can connect to the internet on a wireless network.
Most of the time, those with wireless enabled laptops connect to a wireless network at
home, although most also have logged on from someplace other than work or home.
Among laptop users whose machines are capable of connecting to the
internet wirelessly:
- 88% of laptop users have at one time logged on using a home wireless network.
- 57% have used a wireless network someplace other than home or work to connect to
the internet.
- 36% have logged using a wireless network at work.
“The growth in wireless networks at home has undoubtedly fuelled the use of laptops to
connect wirelessly around the house. One in five (19%) of internet users have wireless
networks at home, which is twice the number recorded when the Pew Internet Project
asked this question in January 2005, when 10% of internet users had home wireless
networks”.
The survey of 798 Internet users has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points. Detailed results were posted on the Web at the Pew site.
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