Apartment Dwellers prefer Broadband and WiFi
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Then there are the workstations and I have two. One I use exclusively and another for guests should they be in need of access. The guest network cannot communicate with the production network because most of those I accommodate feel the need to try and beat me at my own game ... and this simply would be unseemly.
By and large I get along fairly well in this configuration but notice that I could have doubled the infrastructure and maintained two different networks instead of the class B monstrosity presently installed ... but the copper backbone does well in the gigabit range and I don't really see the need to install the fiber I received as a gift a while back. Perhaps later.
It should be further noted that I have a bodacious washer and dryer setup as well as a dishwasher, jacuzzi, galley style kitchen, and two spare rooms I use for various things other than sleeping quarters.
My point is that hygiene is just as important to me as technology at home and there are few in quite a radius who can match the tech I employ at the crib. It would seem that apartment dwellers of the younger variety prefer the tech to the hygiene according to a survey which made the rounds recently. I'm not really saying it's proper comportment ... only that I understand given the various others with whom I interact who seem to think bathing and laundry are optional.
A survey commissioned by the Comcast Xfinity Communities and conducted by a research firm called Precision Sample found that apartment dwellers are more inclined to have broadband and WiFi as opposed to laundry facilities in their housing units. A smidge over a third responding ranked WiFi as the most important feature in apartment dwelling today with a quarter of them claiming broadband to be the most important. It seems the cable provider was surveying properties with multiple dwelling units in them and 13% of those surveyed said having a washer and dryer in the apartment was the most important factor.
| 30% | believe quality communication services increase property values by at least 20% |
| 88% | thought renters in the 18-34 year range prefer high-tech environments more than residents aged 52 years and over |
| 82% | claimed to maintain the latest technology in an effort to future-proof properties |
| 60% | have improvements for energy efficiency in the works this year |