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Wireless is quickly becoming the de facto standard for surfing the Internet and creating home computer networks, according to research released this week by Parks Associates.
The market research firm in Dallas, Texas, found that nearly 2 million American households added a wireless component to their home Internet networks between late 2001 and early 2003. A quarter of all households that have Internet service at home can also tap into the network wirelessly through Wi-Fi technology, Parks Associates researchers said.


"The popularity of wireless networks has provided a tremendous boost for home networking in general," Kurt Scherf, vice president of research for Parks Associates, said in a released statement.

Indeed, wireless technology has become so prevalent in the home that it is now the "driving force" in the adoption of home networking, Scherf said. Wireless gear will account for 40 percent of all devices connected on home Internet networks by the end of 2007, he said.

"The rapid growth of laptop computers used inside and outside the home accounts in large part for the high numbers of wireless products purchased," Scherf said. "In fact, it was among multiple-PC households with at least one laptop where penetration of home networks increased most rapidly in the last 18 months."