Over 4 million Britons swipe Neighborhood WiFi: 52 days on average

Phoenix network technology news Beijing time on June 16 news, the French satellite broadband service provider Konnect released a report saying that 4.3 million Britons will rub their neighbors WiFi. The average duration of surfing the Internet is 52 days, and 5% of people surfing the Internet for more than 1 year.The reasons for rubbing the Internet include dropping your network or saving money.

Konnect also found that Britons are not limited to their neighbors. One respondent said he went to McDonald’s to use WiFi to download TV shows, and another said he was surfing the Internet 60 miles away.

James Soames, global marketing director at Konnect, said that with millions of UK households still without a reliable internet connection this year, access to the internet plays an important role in people’s lives, and this is the result of some taking “extreme measures” “The reason for going online.

Of the 4.3 million Britons who swiped their neighbors’ WiFi, 1.6 million saved the WiFi passwords given by their neighbors, and 2.7 million swiped the Internet by guessing their neighbors’ WiFi passwords. 33% of people “fixed” a neighbor’s WiFi password within half an hour, and 18% took more than 2 hours.

55% cited “annoying” and “unreliable” internet connections as their reason for surfing, 10% citing a need to shop online, and 7% citing online dating as a reason for surfing .

The survey found that Britons can tolerate an average disconnection of three hours and 35 minutes. Only 25% of Britons believe their neighbours have never rubbed their internet.