Only 5% of American Broadband Subscribers Use Mobile Internet

5:55 am on April 11, 2007 | Category: Telecom Services, Internet, Wireless, Cellular

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62% of America’s 90+ million broadband users own at least one internet-enabled mobile device, according to a recent survey by Media-Screen, yet only 5% regularly access the web while on the go.

The two leading barriers to mobile internet use are extra fees and difficulty using the web on small screens, the survey determined. Even those who use the wireless web agreed that these were significant barriers.

“Clearly, online activity has yet to move beyond the traditional second screen,” Media-Screen summed up in its report on the research.

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    1. The other major reason (and the one I think actually is the most problematic) is that 99% of mobile devices are not actually capable of rendering websites properly. This is not a sizing issue, but a n issue where javascript, flash, java, and the other major programming related things on most modern sites are just not supported on mobile browsers at all, or glitch and blow the page up. Opera Mini makes a good go of rendering things properly for mobile devices, but even that is limited in what it can correctly show and interact with. The iPhone may be a big leap toward pulling mobile browsers more into the compatibility realm since it’s claimed it will be using a real version of Safari.

      Comment by harknell — April 12, 2007 #

    2. This is the reason laptops are still the clear choice for broadband internet use away from a desktop. The new smart phones that have more and more features for web browsing still come short. I’m sure something innovative and revolutionary is in the future, though. Technology doesn’t cease to amaze me nowadays.

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      Comment by vic — April 23, 2007 #

    3. I think the % will g o up with the advancement of cell phones. Look at the iphone and other phones coming out. http://nationwide-dsl.com

      Comment by john — December 2, 2007 #

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