Study: Wireless Home Networks Ain't All That

According to Parks Associates research conducted on behalf of the Multimedia over Coax Alliance, households with wireless home networks commonly experience issues such as slow downloads, dead zones and interference with other devices with their wireless networks. The study indicated that nearly 40% of all U.S broadband households with a wireless router have and/or are currently experiencing problems with their wireless network.

Also according to the study, 27% of respondents experiencing an issue with their wireless home network report that the problem can be attributed, at least in part, to too many devices connected to the Internet at the same time.

More than one-half of respondents experiencing wireless network problems would be "very comfortable" using a wired solution to improve the performance of their network. Specifically, 58% of all network owners report being "comfortable" (rating 5-7 on a 7-point scale) using the existing cable (coax) wiring in their homes to improve their home network's performance. A similar number report being comfortable using the existing electrical wiring in their homes (56%), and 52% report being comfortable using Ethernet/CAT-5 wiring.