WiFi 6 Is Not Helping Much With The End-Users Experience, Survey Shows

Speedcheck carried out an extensive survey in the US market to check user satisfaction and what they are doing to improve the WiFi experience. The study shows:

• End-users are a little happier with WiFi6 though the percentage of improvement is almost negligible. Still, around 30 percent of the end-users are not satisfied with their WiFi performance.
• The location of the WiFi router is an essential factor that influences signal strength. A more significant percentage of consumers tend to optimize the site of the WiFi router irrespective of the router type to get a stable and robust signal to connect to the internet.
• The average update time is fast in the US market, perhaps driven by affordability and availability of the devices than the advanced features of the WiFi routers, which claims to support higher speed and a more significant number of connected devices.
• A smaller percentage of WiFi6 routers from the ISPs than older WiFi routers indicate a lack of WiFi 6 routers in the market; this trend is expected to continue for at least 2-3 years till WiFi6 is deployed at scale. Interestingly the more significant percentage of WiFi6 router ownership reflects consumers’ eagerness to get the latest routers.