The 75% number comes from this study - <http://purple.ai/latest-survey-people-use-wifi-public-places/> in which people responded to a survey question. All human interaction there, not automated polling.
Admittedly, not much detail on the study other than 2540 people in 30 countries. No idea the breakdown nor how representative they may be in comparison to people strolling through Balboa Park. I’d love to see other studies that either confirm or repudiate that ~75% number. -bw. > On Dec 5, 2016, at 11:33 AM, nikhil trivedi <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just want to put a thought out there on the idea of people "looking for > free wifi." I wonder if the numbers you you're seeing don't translate to > people actually opening up the list of available networks on their devices. > I think our devices are constantly scanning for networks, and each scan > might result in a ping to our wireless systems. > > For example, the way Location Services generally works (if i'm not > mistaken) is if we have wifi enabled on our devices, they've constantly > scanning for networks to triangulate our location. The more accurate the > location is as we move, the more scanning our devices need to do. So I'm > not surprised that 75% of mobile users are "looking for free wifi." I think > that's more a reflection of our devices constantly scanning wifi networks. > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Nik Honeysett <[email protected]> wrote: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bruce Wyman [email protected] _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: [email protected] To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
