A study sponsored by the WiFi alliance reveals the following:
WiFi and college choice
- 90% of college students say Wi-Fi access is as essential to education as classrooms and computers
- 57% say they wouldn’t go to a college that doesn’t have free Wi-Fi
- 79% say that without Wi-Fi access, college would be a lot harder
- 60% agree that widely available Wi-Fi on campus is an indication that a school cares about its students
WiFi and where they use it
- 55% have connected from coffee shops and restaurants
- 47% from parks
- 24% from in their cars
WiFi in the classroom
- 55% have checked Facebook™ or MySpace™ and sent or received e-mail while using their laptop in class
- 47% have sent instant messages to a friend during class
- 44% used Wi-Fi to get a head start on an assignment before a class was finished
WiFi and linkbaiting statistics
- If forced to choose, 48% would give up beer before giving up Wi-Fi
Survey methodology: “In conjunction with the Wi-Fi Alliance, Wakefield Research surveyed 501 U.S. college students in September 2008. The sampling variation in this survey is plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.”