| Unaware of the ease in getting a wireless broadband | | | | and connect. Again, this dependency leaves |
| (WiFi) router, more than a quarter of UK subscribers | | | | consumers less likely to switch provider - a move that |
| think that they cannot go wireless because their | | | | can save them a lot of money and even get them a |
| provider doesn't offer this kind of package. In actual | | | | free wireless router. |
| fact, there is no such thing as a "wireless package" | | | | 31 per cent said that they were worried about their |
| where a different kind of broadband is piped into | | | | personal details - such as bank account numbers - |
| someone's home - all that's needed is a WiFi router. | | | | being at risk. |
| Once it is plugged into the modem, the wireless signal | | | | On a positive note however, 88 per cent of those |
| will be emitted and users can surf the internet | | | | currently without a wireless broadband security |
| cable-free. | | | | connection were planning on getting it in the coming |
| This relatively common misconception shows that | | | | year, proving that they had not been scared off by |
| customers are overly reliant on their internet providers | | | | groundless reports in the media that WiFi poses a |
| for both information and hardware, not knowing that it | | | | health risk - cited by only four per cent as the reason |
| is relatively cheap and easy to buy and set up their | | | | that they did not have it. |
| own wireless routers and home networks. | | | | Asked what they thought of their wireless connections, |
| It is misapprehensions such as this that are stopping | | | | some reported connection problems but the majority |
| broadband users from getting the most out of their | | | | of users said that they loved the ease of use, flexibility |
| internet packages - or from becoming less dependent | | | | and lack of wires. One respondent said: "It's great to sit |
| on their providers. | | | | in the garden and enjoy the sun and surf," while |
| A further 44 per cent of respondents blamed their | | | | another added: "I can sit downstairs watching the |
| fear of the technicalities involved in setting up a WiFi | | | | horse racing on the TV, and while sitting on the sofa, |
| connection, but again, this is unjustified since ISPs can | | | | having a cup of tea, effortlessly place a bet using my |
| send out pre-configured routers that users just plug in | | | | laptop. |