Smart Phones Now Lead Public Wi-Fi Hotspot Activity

Smart phones now are the devices most often used at Wi-Fi hotspots, a study of Wi-Fi usage now finds. Respondents said 40 percent of Wi-Fi hotspot connections were used by smart phones, while 39 percent were notebook PCs. Tablets represent 17 percent of connections. 

As you would guess, Wi-Fi is said to be playing an increasingly important role as a feature of a mobile or fixed network high speed Internet access service. That, in fact, is why cable operators and telcos have moved to offer public hotspot networks in their service territories, for example. 

Smartphones overtake laptops as the most popular way to connect to Wi-Fi Hotspots