The Home Network Our Neglected Workhorse An IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by Linksys | May 2015
The Home Network An IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by Linksys Our Neglected Workhorse The Home Network First, it was just our PCs connecting to the Internet, our desktops and laptops. Then video game consoles. Then smartphones, tablets, televisions, Blu-ray players, media streamers and home automation devices. The average home has more than 8 devices connecting to the Internet, and they’re not used for just sending emails and tweets.
An IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by Linksys The Home Network Our Neglected Workhorse The Network in the Home is Crowded Multiple Connected Devices 50% Multiple Kinds of Streaming 50% 21% 9% 32% Streaming movies/TV shows on multiple devices at the same time. 15% 1-4 5-9 10 - 15 2% 2% 16 - 20 20 plus 7% 13% Streaming Streaming Streaming None of the movies/TV movies/TV movies/TV above.
An IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by Linksys The Home Network Our Neglected Workhorse At Rush Hour, the Network is Clogged With the number of connected devices and their uses growing, we’re demanding more from our routers. Seven years ago, streaming video from the Internet to the television barely existed. Now, more than 100 million households worldwide do it, and that will only increase. Modern home routers are designed to prioritize certain traffic, but problems still plague the home network.
An IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by Linksys The Home Network Our Neglected Workhorse And It’s Going to Get More Crowded The cost of connectivity will continue to fall while the value of connecting things will rise. From video cameras that monitor the home to garage doors that alert you when they’ve been left open to bathroom scales that track the fluctuations in your body, intelligence and connectivity will migrate to more and more parts of our homes.
An IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by Linksys The Home Network Our Neglected Workhorse Part of the Problem: A Lot of Old Routers Wireless-B (802.11b) Wireless-G (802.11g) 5% 15% Don’t Know 57% 18% Wireless-N (802.11n) 5% Wireless-AC (802.11ac) Q.
An IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by Linksys The Home Network Our Neglected Workhorse Technology is Evolving – But has Your Router? An average of 8 devices connect to the network in homes today and 84% of users stream video or music or play games simultaneously. Combine that with a majority of homes running older routers, it makes sense that 54% of users surveyed experience frequent or persistent performance issues on their network.
An IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by Linksys The Home Network Our Neglected Workhorse Help is on the Way: MU-MIMO, the Latest Innovation in Wi-Fi MU-MIMO helps provides up to 3X faster performance for all the devices on the network because each device is prioritized to connect to the best Wi-Fi connection. MU-MIMO is like having an individual wireless router dedicated to each device on the network so that multiple users can connect at the same time without slowing down the network.
An IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by Linksys The Home Network Our Neglected Workhorse At the End of the Day, We Want Our Wi-Fi Vacation Games 6% Good Conversation TV Wi-Fi Ranked #2 item we do not want to live without Alcohol 5% 4% 30% Food 6% 8% #2 10% Sex 12% 18% Wi-Fi Smart Phone More important than sex or TV, we want our Wi-Fi.
The Home Network An IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by Linksys Our Neglected Workhorse Methodology For this report, IDC conducted a survey in March 2015 of 1,002 adults in the U.S. who live in households of three or more people. This study was designed to determine how adults use their Internet-connected devices at home and what pain points they might have when it comes to streaming video, audio or online games.
