2006 Survey of U.S. Home Networking Use and Attitudes

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
  • Methodology
• Situation Overview
  • Survey Findings
    • Personal Computer Environment
    • Table: Primary Method of Accessing the Internet by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Length of Broadband Subscribership by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Reason for Selecting Current Broadband Service Provider by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Most Recent Incidence of Broadband Service Provider Churn by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Reason for Switching Broadband Service Providers by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Previous Broadband Technology Used by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Interest in Switching Broadband Service Providers in Next Year by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Reasons for Considering Switching Broadband Service Providers by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Figure: Laptop and Desktop PC Ownership by Home Network Ownership
    • Figure: Numbers of Laptop and Desktop PCs Owned by Home Network Ownership
    • Figure: Home Network Ownership by PC Ownership
    • Table: Activities Done over the Internet by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Home Networking and Non-Home Networkers
    • Figure: Home Network Ownership by Length of Broadband Subscribership
    • Figure: Length of Broadband Subscribership by Home Network Ownership
    • Table: Non-Home Networker Interest in Purchasing a Home Network in the Next Year (% of Respondents)
    • Figure: Non-Home Networker Reasons for Lack of Interest in Purchasing a Home Network
    • Table: Home Networker Satisfaction with Home Networking Experience (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Home Networker Interest in Purchasing 802.11n Equipment
    • Table: Home Networker Reason for Interest in Purchasing 802.11n Equipment
    • Home Network Purchase and Ownership
    • Figure: Home Networking Activities Being Done and Interest in Home Networking Activities by Home Network Ownership
    • Figure: Location of Purchase of Current Home Networking Equipment by Length of Home Network Ownership
    • Figure: Satisfaction with Particular Elements of Retail Experience When Purchasing Home Network by Length of Home Network Ownership
    • Figure: Satisfaction with Particular Elements of Online Store Experience When Purchasing Home Network by Length of Home Network Ownership
    • Figure: Important Attributes of Home Networking Equipment by Length of Home Network Ownership
    • Figure: Number of Laptop and Desktop PCs Connected to the Home Network by Length of Home Network Ownership
    • Home Networking Applications
    • Home Automation
    • Consumer Electronics and Multimedia Sharing and Streaming
    • Figure: Reasons for Originally Purchasing a Home Network by Length of Home Network Ownership
    • Figure: Home Networker Likelihood to Connect Particular Devices to the Network
    • Figure: Home Networker Interest in Particular Home Networking Applications
    • Figure: Interest in Purchasing a Wireless Home Network-Based Home Automation System
    • Figure: Reasons for Lack of Interest in Wireless Home Network-Based Automation System
    • Figure: Familiarity with Particular Home Automation Technologies
    • Figure: Ownership of Particular Consumer Electronics Devices by Home Network Ownership
    • Figure: Methods Used for Sharing and Viewing Digital Photographs by Home Network Ownership
    • Figure: Most Common Methods Used for Sharing and Viewing Digital Photographs by Home Network Ownership
    • Figure: Methods Used for Listening to Digital Audio by Home Network Ownership
    • Table: Use of Paid Internet Video by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Frequency of Use of Paid Internet Audio by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Figure: Frequency of Use of Free Online Music Services by Home Network Ownership
    • Figure: Frequency of Watching Internet Video on PC by Home Network Ownership
    • Figure: Types of Internet Video Watched on PC by Home Network Ownership
    • Demographics
    • Table: Gender by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Age by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Annual Household Income by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Race by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Employment Status by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Type of Occupation by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Work Location by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Number of People in Household by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Number of Children in Household by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
    • Table: Home Ownership by Home Network Ownership (% of Respondents)
• Future Outlook
• Essential Guidance
• Learn More
  • Related Research
  • Synopsis