Study Claims 36 Percent of UK Adults with Home Wi-Fi Suffer Poor Connection

According to a recent “nationally representative” OnePoll survey of 2,000 UK adults with Wi-Fi at home, which was commissioned by Uswitch.com, some 36% of respondents said they “struggle with their Wi-Fi connection” (15% said this impacts multiple rooms of their home) and 24% have to go to a different room to use streaming as it does not work across their entire home.

Of those who struggle with their Wi-Fi, some 37% try to stay in rooms with the best Wi-Fi connection and avoid rooms with dead spots, while 10% say they struggle to get Wi-Fi in their living room (51% said their living room is the best place in their home for connection) and 6% even avoid using their living room room due to poor connection.

Otherwise, the main bedrooms (24%), guest bedrooms (23%), and kitchens (22%) were noted as the worst rooms for Wi-Fi dead spots. In addition, 21% said their phone calls also disconnect in certain rooms of their home, although this one is harder to judge as it depends what kind of underlying phone and service is actually being used (e.g. mobile, DECT phone, traditional landline phone etc.) – the survey didn’t specify.

Finally, the survey reported that 61% of respondents had taken measures to improve their home’s connection, with the average spend on these home improvements coming to £55.70. The survey didn’t dig into this much, but we’re probably talking about changing the placement of the router and adding Wi-Fi extenders / mesh units etc. (see our – Top Tips for Boosting Home Wi-Fi).