42% of Worldwide Households Expected To Have Wi-Fi By 2016 91
retroworks writes "'Wi-Fi network use will nearly double in homes around the world come 2016, according to new Strategy Analytics research. Already used in some 439 million households worldwide, equivalent to 25% of all households, Wi-Fi home network penetration will expand to 42%.' The report says China already has the highest home Wi-Fi use."
Re:It's below 42% right now??? (Score:4, Informative)
I don't think it's nerds so much as location: you will see different wifi prevalence in, say, the United States versus Uganda.
Re:Worldwide??? (Score:5, Informative)
The international energy agency estimates [iea.org] that 80.5% of households worldwide have electricity. I don't think half of those having Wifi is completely implausible.