Notebook computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs) remain the two devices most commonly used by Taiwanese Internet users to go online wirelessly, the results of a survey released yesterday by the Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC) showed.
The places most commonly used to connect to the Internet wirelessly after homes and offices were coffee shops the results showed.
The survey on the status of wireless Internet use nationwide was conducted via telephone interviews between April 23 and May 8, polling 1,417 adults as well as online questionnaires of 4,563 others between March 13 and June 10.
The survey revealed that 79 percent of online respondents have accessed the Internet wirelessly, with 72 percent having done so in the past six months.
Among telephone respondents, 43 percent have experience using wireless services, with 36 percent having done so in the past six months.
The most common use of wireless Internet services cited by respondents were searching information, browsing Web pages, and sending and receiving e-mails.
Unstable or poor Internet connection was the most common problem encountered by wireless Internet users.
While more than 60 percent of the telephone respondents who used wireless Internet services expressed satisfaction with the quality of wireless connections, only 26 percent of the online respondents were satisfied.
When asked about their reasons for not using wireless Internet services, the 58 percent of telephone respondents who had never tried the services said there was no need for them to use the services.
Some 43 percent of online respondents said they seldom use the Internet out of their homes or offices.
However, if this group of respondents goes online wirelessly in the future, they would most likely do so in coffee shops, restaurants, MRT stations, airports, train stations and homes, the results showed.
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