世論 What Japan Thinks

Given the combination of the small size of the average Japanese home, all-too-common paper-thin walls, DIY not being very popular, and of course many providers throwing in free wireless-ready routers and USB wi-fi dongles, it’s perhaps more a suprise that wired LANs are relatively popular in this survey from iBridge Research Plus, reported on by japan.internet.com, into home LANs.

Demographics

On the 7th of June 2010 300 members of the iBridge online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.0% of the sample were male, 13.7% in their twenties, 30.7% in their thirties, 31.3% in their forties, 17.7% in their fifties, and 6.7% in their sixties.

My flat came with built-in wired LAN, and I worry a bit about the security aspect so I haven’t bothered to get any sort of wi-fi add-on kit as it’s not that much bother to plug the LAN cable into the wall.

Research results

From the sample, 41.0%, or 123 people, had home LANs. They were asked the following.

Q1: Do you have multiple computers, games machines, etc hooked up to your home LAN? (Sample size=123)

Yes	62.1%
No	37.9%

Q2: What kinds of home LAN do you have? (Sample size=123, multiple answer)

	Votes	Percentage
Wireless LAN	92	74.8%
Wired LAN	57	46.3%
PLC	1	0.8%
Other	1	0.8%
Don’t know	2	1.6%

Q3: What combination of home LAN do you have? (Sample size=123)

Wireless LAN only	32.5%
Wired LAN only	22.0%
PLC only	0.8%
Wired and wireless LAN	35.8%
Wired, wireless LAN and PLC	1.6%
Wireless LAN and PLC	0.0%
Wired LAN and PLC	0.8%
Don’t know	6.5%

You’ll notice that in Q3 4 people have some LAN combination that includes PLC, but only one person in Q2 said they had it.