Wi-Fi is great, says Generation Y
p2pnet.net News:- Seventeen percent of Net users have logged on using a Wi-Fi (wireless) device, says the Pew Internet and American Life Project in its first report on wireless connectivity.
With their “Internet-connected mobile phones and Wi-Fi enabled laptops”, people in Generation Y – aged 18-27 – were far and away the most likely to have used Wi-Fi with 28% having done, says Pew.
The survey also recorded the highest readings ever on the number of Ney users who are e-shoppers, the number who participate in online auctions, and the number of Americans who use computers, says Pew.
Results included data which say:
65% of Internet users have bought products online. This is the highest reading on e-shopping we have ever recorded and the growth has occurred across all demographic groups.
23% of U.S. Internet users have participated in online auctions. This is the highest reading on online auctions we have ever recorded. This online activity is still the province of men more than women, the relatively well-to-do, and those who have lots of online experience.
73% of American adults (those 18 and over) use computers. This is the highest computer-adoption rate Pew has ever measured.
63% of American adults use the Internet ? that translates to 128 million people.
55% of Internet users go online during a typical day.
53% of Internet users have six or more years of experience.
Survey results were recorded during a national phone survey conducted between February 3 and March 1, 2004.
“Some 2,204 adults (those 18 and older) were interviewed, of whom 1,371 were Internet users,” says Pew.
