Internet Access Devices in the Home: Are Consumers Ready?: Industry Report

Internet Access Devices in the Home: Are Consumers Ready?

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: February 2001
Product Code: R97-598

Description

What will make consumers purchase Internet appliances over the next year?

The questions in this report come from In-Stat’s Annual Residential Technology Survey (RTS). They represent the questions we believe will be compelling to those companies interested in Internet Access Devices. This report focuses on the following topics:

Internet Access Devices
Internet Use
Home Networks

Questions answered by this report via survey answers include:

What types of consumer electronics are owned by consumers?
What do consumers consider to be an Internet Appliance?
Are consumers interested in purchasing an Internet appliance?
What type of Internet appliance are consumers primarily interested in purchasing?
What price are consumers willing to pay for an Internet appliance?
What type of Internet access do consumers have?
How much do consumers pay for their Internet service: both dial up and broadband?
How many hours per week do consumers spend on the Internet?
Who has a home network and why?
How likely are consumers to purchase a device that provides the delivery of voice, TV and Internet services?

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

Methodology

Respondent Demographics

Age

Sex of Respondent

Income

Consumer Electronics

What types of electronic devices do you own?

How many PCs or Laptops do you currently own in your household?

Internet Access Devices

Which of the following would you consider to be an Internet Appliance?

Are you interested in purchasing an Internet Appliance?

What type of Internet Appliance are you primarily interested in purchasing?

What price are you willing to pay for an Internet Appliance?

Internet Access

Do you personally access the Internet?

What type of Internet access do you have?

Which of the following describes the locations from which you access the Internet?

What is the Primary reason you do not plan to have access to the Internet from your home in the next 12 months?

Although you do not currently have or plan to have Internet access at home, what other types of consumer electronics products do you have?

Approximately how many hours per week do you and other members of your household access the Internet from home?

Number of hours spent on the Internet by those respondents who have broadband service

Approximately how much do you pay per month for your Internet access at home?

Price paid per month for Broadband (always on) access

In which of the following ways do you access the Internet from home?

Which is the primary way that you access the Internet from home?

Home Networking

Do you own a Home Network?

Which of the following is the primary reason that you have a Home Network?

What is the Primary reason you would consider purchasing a Home Network?

Which of the following technology options would you choose to install a Home Network if given a choice?

Which of the following is the main concern you have about the purchase of a Home Network?

If you were told that you could have one device in the home that would handle the delivery of voice service, TV service, and Internet access, all for less than $200- How likely would you be to purchase it?

Age and Income groups of those respondents indicating they probably or definitely would purchase theproduct.

Why don't you think you would purchase it?

Summary

List of Tables

Table 1. Statistics for those Interested in Internet Appliances

List of Figures

Figure 1. Age Demographics of Survey Respondents

Figure 2. Survey Respondents by Sex

Figure 3. Survey Respondents by Income

Figure 4. What Types of Electronic Devices do You Own?

Figure 5. How Many PCs or Laptops do You Own?

Figure 6. Which of the Following Would You Consider to be Internet Appliances?

Figure 7. Are You Interested in Purchasing an Internet Appliance?

Figure 8. Type of Internet Access that Those Interested in Internet Appliances Have

Figure 9. What Type of Internet Appliance are You Primarily Interested in Purchasing?

Figure 10. Price Consumers are Willing to Pay for Internet Appliance

Figure 11. Do You Access the Internet?

Figure 12. Type of Internet Access that Consumers Have

Figure 13. From Which Locations do You Access the Internet?

Figure 14. Primary Reason to not Have Internet Access at Home in the Next 12 Months

Figure 15. Types of Consumer Electronics Owned by Those Without Internet Access

Figure 16. Internet Access per Week by Household

Figure 17. Broadband Subscribers Weekly Internet Access

Figure 18. Price per Month Consumers pay for Internet Access at Home

Figure 19. Price Consumers Pay per Month for Broadband Access

Figure 20. In Which Ways do You Access the Internet from Home?

Figure 21. Which is the Primary Way You Access the Internet from Home?

Figure 22. Home Network Users by Age Group in 1999 and 2000

Figure 23. Primary Reason Consumers Have a Home Network

Figure 24. Primary Reason Consumers Would Purchase a Home Network

Figure 25. Consumer Options for a Home Network

Figure 26. Main Concern About Home Networks

Figure 27. Consumer Likelihood of Purchasing One Device to Handle All Services for Under $200

Figure 28. Age Breakout for Those Interested in the One Device for Voice, TV and Internet Access

Figure 29. Income Breakout of Those Interested in One Device for Voice, TV, and Internet Access.

Figure 30. Why Don't You Think You Would Purchase it?
List of Tables

Table 1. Statistics for those Interested in Internet Appliances

List of Figures

Figure 1. Age Demographics of Survey Respondents

Figure 2. Survey Respondents by Sex

Figure 3. Survey Respondents by Income

Figure 4. What Types of Electronic Devices do You Own?

Figure 5. How Many PCs or Laptops do You Own?

Figure 6. Which of the Following Would You Consider to be Internet Appliances?

Figure 7. Are You Interested in Purchasing an Internet Appliance?

Figure 8. Type of Internet Access that Those Interested in Internet Appliances Have

Figure 9. What Type of Internet Appliance are You Primarily Interested in Purchasing?

Figure 10. Price Consumers are Willing to Pay for Internet Appliance

Figure 11. Do You Access the Internet?

Figure 12. Type of Internet Access that Consumers Have

Figure 13. From Which Locations do You Access the Internet?

Figure 14. Primary Reason to not Have Internet Access at Home in the Next 12 Months

Figure 15. Types of Consumer Electronics Owned by Those Without Internet Access

Figure 16. Internet Access per Week by Household

Figure 17. Broadband Subscribers Weekly Internet Access

Figure 18. Price per Month Consumers pay for Internet Access at Home

Figure 19. Price Consumers Pay per Month for Broadband Access

Figure 20. In Which Ways do You Access the Internet from Home?

Figure 21. Which is the Primary Way You Access the Internet from Home?

Figure 22. Home Network Users by Age Group in 1999 and 2000

Figure 23. Primary Reason Consumers Have a Home Network

Figure 24. Primary Reason Consumers Would Purchase a Home Network

Figure 25. Consumer Options for a Home Network

Figure 26. Main Concern About Home Networks

Figure 27. Consumer Likelihood of Purchasing One Device to Handle All Services for Under $200

Figure 28. Age Breakout for Those Interested in the One Device for Voice, TV and Internet Access

Figure 29. Income Breakout of Those Interested in One Device for Voice, TV, and Internet Access.

Figure 30. Why Don't You Think You Would Purchase it?
List of Figures

Figure 1. Age Demographics of Survey Respondents

Figure 2. Survey Respondents by Sex

Figure 3. Survey Respondents by Income

Figure 4. What Types of Electronic Devices do You Own?

Figure 5. How Many PCs or Laptops do You Own?

Figure 6. Which of the Following Would You Consider to be Internet Appliances?

Figure 7. Are You Interested in Purchasing an Internet Appliance?

Figure 8. Type of Internet Access that Those Interested in Internet Appliances Have

Figure 9. What Type of Internet Appliance are You Primarily Interested in Purchasing?

Figure 10. Price Consumers are Willing to Pay for Internet Appliance

Figure 11. Do You Access the Internet?

Figure 12. Type of Internet Access that Consumers Have

Figure 13. From Which Locations do You Access the Internet?

Figure 14. Primary Reason to not Have Internet Access at Home in the Next 12 Months

Figure 15. Types of Consumer Electronics Owned by Those Without Internet Access

Figure 16. Internet Access per Week by Household

Figure 17. Broadband Subscribers Weekly Internet Access

Figure 18. Price per Month Consumers pay for Internet Access at Home

Figure 19. Price Consumers Pay per Month for Broadband Access

Figure 20. In Which Ways do You Access the Internet from Home?

Figure 21. Which is the Primary Way You Access the Internet from Home?

Figure 22. Home Network Users by Age Group in 1999 and 2000

Figure 23. Primary Reason Consumers Have a Home Network

Figure 24. Primary Reason Consumers Would Purchase a Home Network

Figure 25. Consumer Options for a Home Network

Figure 26. Main Concern About Home Networks

Figure 27. Consumer Likelihood of Purchasing One Device to Handle All Services for Under $200

Figure 28. Age Breakout for Those Interested in the One Device for Voice, TV and Internet Access

Figure 29. Income Breakout of Those Interested in One Device for Voice, TV, and Internet Access.

Figure 30. Why Don't You Think You Would Purchase it?

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