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Almost 20% of Broadband Internet Subscribers use Wi-Fi

7:00 am on May 15, 2006 | Category: Internet, Wi-Fi, Wireless Technology

Nearly 20% of broadband subscribers in the United States and Europe now use Wi-Fi technology to access the internet wirelessly, according to a recent report from Strategy Analytics.

In the countries surveyed, about 7% of all households (or 19 million in total) have set up some sort of 802.11-based wireless network. The U.S. has the highest overall penetration at 8.4%, while northern Europe follows with 7.9%. The UK and Germany are both below average with 6.1% and 5.1% penetration, respectively.

“Wi-Fi has become the preferred networking technology for affluent early adopters,” notes the research firmâ€™s principal analyst, David Mercer. “Rising ownership of laptop PCs and other portable Internet devices will make Wi-Fi the dominant home networking choice for most broadband subscribers.”

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