It seems like Wi-Fi is everywhere, but according to Strategy Analytics it’s actually in far fewer homes than you might think. In the U.S., Wi-Fi only lives in 58% of households with a broadband connection.
Home broadband and home Wi-Fi go hand in hand, right? After all, if you’re going to have a cable, DSL or fiber connection you might as well use it to connect as many phones, PCs and other devices as possible. But the reality is a large portion of the broadband household see their internet connections stop at the end of a cable, according to a new report by Strategy Analytics.
The report found that only 65 percent of the 690 million global residential fixed broadband connections terminate in a wireless router, meaning 239 million homes are still connecting their PCs and other devices to their modems through wires.
“Contrary to common perception, not all consumers have embraced Wi-Fi networks in their homes despite the fact that global connected devices per household stand at 5.5 in 2014,” Strategy Analytics connected home analyst Eric Smith said in a statement.
Source: Gigaom
