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Wi-Fi Is Hot But Users Still Warming to It

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Published: Nov 23, 2003

Updated: Feb 2, 2021

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While more than 70 percent of online consumers surveyed were aware of public hotspots, only 6 percent have used the service in a public place, according to a report released by Jupiter Research. The report also said that less than than 1 percent had paid to use Wi-Fi in a public place.

Julie Ask, the lead author on the report, said that only 15 percent of the 2,835 survey participants reported that they actually have used wireless high-speed Internet access of any kind.

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