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Mobile phone Broadband 'more popular than public Wi-Fi hubs'
26/09/2008
A survey has revealed that mobile phones have now become more popular than public Wi-Fi spots for accessing broadband internet services.
More people leading a mobile lifestyle now prefer to access broadband through their mobiles then visiting a Wi-Fi hub, a poll undertaken by Point Topic, a web resource on broadband services, has revealed.
A total of 47 per cent of Brits on the move use broadband mobile services rather than Wi-Fi hubs, the research found.
This is a significant departure from figures calculated a year ago, which determined that 40 per cent of people used Wi-Fi and 30 per cent favoured broadband on their mobiles.
Chief of Point Topic Oliver Johnson commented that this is probably down to "price wars" between service providers and "effective marketing" strategies.
Those who love to shop via their handsets may also be pleased to learn that a European Commissioner recently proposed to introduce laws to cut the cost of using mobile phone services on the continent. 
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