US INTERNET USERS PRIMED FOR MUNICIPAL WI-FI OPTION
[SOURCE: Ipsos Insight press release]
Recent research results released by Ipsos Insight hint that municipal Wi-Fi
service, or 'muni Wi-Fi', could lure a significant contingent of today's
Internet population to switch their current ISP to publicly-subsidized Internet
services that provide high-speed wireless access from homes, schools and
virtually every place else within a city or other municipal area. As part of a
wider survey of U.S. adults on technology and communications trends, over
one-third of all adult Internet users indicate they would be interested in
signing-up for municipal Wi-Fi service - if and when this service becomes
available in the city they currently live - while interest is highest among
those age 18-34, indicating this service may have stronger appeal with the more
youthful early-adopter market. The growing availability of municipal Wi-Fi
service in the U.S., particularly given the number of municipal Wi-Fi projects
being developed for major cities such as Anaheim, Houston, Minneapolis and New
Orleans, suggest the days of tethered Internet access are indeed numbered for
many Americans.
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