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According to a press release from Tropos Networks, a municipal Wi-Fi networking gear maker, the availability of Wi-Fi on mobile phones is driving use of WiFi networks across the country.
For instance, the Google network in Mountain View, Calif., has seen a big spike in Wi-Fi use, with smartphones contributing nearly 25 percent of the total usage.
According to a survey conducted by Decipher on behalf of Devicescape, Intel, and Meraki, a growing number of people are willing to share their wireless networks if there are appropriate systems in place.
According to a survey conducted by Decipher on behalf of Devicescape, Intel, and Meraki, a growing number of people are willing to share their wireless networks if there are appropriate systems in place.
According to a press release from Tropos Networks, a municipal Wi-Fi networking gear maker, the availability of Wi-Fi on mobile phones is driving use of WiFi networks across the country.
For instance, the Google network in Mountain View, Calif., has seen a big spike in Wi-Fi use, with smartphones contributing nearly 25 percent of the total usage.
Forrester Research analyst Henry Harteveldt said an average of 10 percent to 15 percent of passengers pay for Wi-Fi when it is available.
Forrester Research analyst Henry Harteveldt said more people might use in-flight Wi-Fi services if the base prices were lowered to $9.95 for longer flights and $7.95 for shorter flights.
AT&T WiFi connections totaled 10.5 million in the first quarter 2009.
That number is more than triple the 3.4 million connections the carrier recorded in the first quarter of 2008, and more than half of AT&T’s 20 million total WiFi connections for all of 2008.
AT&T reported authenticating 10.5 million WiFi connections across its 20,000 US hotspot network in the first quarter of 2009.
Those connections are more than triple the 3.5 million connections in the first quarter of 2008 and more than half of the total for all of 2008. Driving the surge were 16.7 million AT&T broadband subscribers, which AT&T extended free WiFi use to last year.
A majority (67%) of broadband users view electronic devices, to some extent, as an aid to personal productivity, while a minority of dial-up users (46%) sees modern gadgetry in this way.
Some 34% of internet users have gone online via a wireless connection away from their home or office.
This group of “on the go” WiFi users overwhelmingly have broadband at home; some 95% of those who have gone online this way have a high-speed internet connection at home.
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