When asked about the statement "Mobile Internet is for me" (with the following response options: "totally disagree", "disagree", "agree", and "totally agree", and not having specified whether the question concerned USB modem access or mobile Internet), 84.0% of USB modem Internet users and 81.4% of mobile phone access users agreed with the statement, a proportion that was lower for respondents with fixed Internet (63.0%), particularly when the fixed access is the only means of Internet access (47.5%).
No valid differences were established when results were broken down by 'C' and 'NC' municipalities.
Finally, regarding the possibility of having only mobile Internet in the future, more than half (64.7%) of the respondents using fixed Internet exclusively did not consider that option, a proportion that is lower in for users with fixed and mobile Internet (54.2% for users with USB modem Internet access and fixed access, and 49.3% for users with the three means of Internet access) - see Table 14.
Among the respondents that considered having mobile Internet exclusively in the future, this option was considered as long as the speed/price relation for mobile Internet was good. In this context, the acceptance of retail offerings on 4G platforms in the broadband market will, in part, be related to the speed/price relation determined by providers.
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Distribution of respondents by responses to the question "Would you consider the option of having only mobile Internet?", by means of Internet access |
Fixed exclusively |
Fixed and USB modem |
Fixed and mobile phone |
Fixed, USB modem and mobile phone |
|
Yes, if it was less expensive |
11.7% |
9.5% |
6.6% |
10.1% |
|
Yes if the speed/price relation was good |
14.7% |
21.2% |
28.8% |
23.8% |
|
Yes, if I need to access the Internet anywhere at any time |
6.9% |
5.6% |
5.7% |
6.9% |
|
No |
64.7% |
54.2% |
55.6% |
49.3% |
|
Na/Nr |
2.1% |
9.5% |
3.3% |
9.9% |
|
N |
1 059 |
410 |
563 |
294 |
Estimate: (#) Non-reliable estimate; (*) Reliable estimate; (unmarked) Reliable estimate.
Source: ICP-ANACOM, based on the results of the Survey on the means of access to the Internet.
