American Internet Users Go Wireless

Press Release - March 5, 2007

More than a third of U.S. internet users have now “cut the cord” according to survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

34% of web users reported having used a Wi-Fi hotspot or cellular broadband network, compared to just 22% in February 2004.

Pew found that 19% of users now have a wireless network at home, with that segment nearly doubling in the past year. 27%, meanwhile, say they have picked up wireless internet somewhere other than their home or workplace.

These staggering increases are being brought on by the high availability of public Wi-Fi networks, as well as the fact that almost all new laptops and cell phones include some kind of wireless internet technology.