FAIRFAX, VA — (Marketwired) — 09/30/14 — In the news release, “wefi Reveals Wi-Fi Connectivity Trends at Leading National Coffee Chains,” issued Monday, September 29, by wefi, we are advised by the company that an issue with data retrieval generated the wrong numbers for Dunkin– Donuts, resulting in updated listings for fastest download speeds and highest data consumption. The bulleted statistics were also incorrectly categorized. In addition to updated images, and some small spelling changes, the complete corrected text follows.
FAIRFAX, VA — September 29, 2014 — , the market leader in delivering actionable mobile intelligence and network analytics, today revealed Wi-Fi connectivity trends at national coffee chains including Starbucks, Dunkin– Donuts, Tully–s and Panera. The company analyzed Wi-Fi speeds and application usage patterns of customers at these establishments. The report found Starbucks, Tully–s Coffee and Dunkin– Donuts to lead in fastest Wi-Fi download speeds and highest total data consumption. Google Chrome, Facebook and YouTube are most used applications by coffee shop patrons.
The National Coffee Association that 61 percent of Americans drink coffee daily, making the stopover at the local brew house a popular ritual. With coffee shops becoming a popular destination for both work and play, bandwidth connectivity has become a key differentiator for businesses especially as 39 percent of Americans would rather give up coffee over Wi-Fi, according to a recent survey. Forward-thinking coffee establishments continue to ensure that their patrons don–t have to make that decision.
When looking for the fastest download speeds, Dunkin– Donuts has consistently performed better than competing coffee shop chains. However, the most data consumed per device occurs at Tully–s with Facebook, YouTube and Twitter driving the most data usage. Google Chrome was by far the most popular application, with over 16 minutes of foreground data consumption (amount of time an application is open and active), per device on average, closely followed by Facebook (13.31 min.) Additional detailed findings include:
Dunkin– Donuts (6.09mbps)
Starbucks (4.11mbps)
Tully–s (3.14mbps)
Panera (2.23mbps)
Starbucks (0.18 mbps)
Tully–s Coffee (0.15 mbps)
Dunkin– Donuts (0.13 mbps)
Tully–s (27.75MB)
Starbucks (24.26MB)
Dunkin– Donuts (12.35MB)
“Coffee, and by extension, coffee shops are increasingly seen as an indispensable part of Americans– morning ritual,” said Zur Feldman, Chairman and CEO of wefi. “With many franchisees looking to provide additional services and grow their businesses, the availability of a fast, reliable Wi-Fi offering has become an important consideration.”
wefi collected data from more than 45 million hotspots based on the implementation of its within multiple cable operators throughout the U.S. The metrics are based on a 30-day average of Wi-Fi speeds for each location starting from August 1 to August 31, 2014.
Through its Wi-Fi network management solution and comprehensive hotspot database — the industry–s largest with nearly 200 million hotspots — wefi extends investment in infrastructure Wi-Fi networks and assures that wireless carriers, cable operators and streaming media content producers can deliver subscribers the best mobility experience in a data dependent world. wefi–s patented and patent-pending technology provides customers unparalleled visibility into the use of Wi-Fi connectivity, both on and off their own networks, allowing operators to better plan networks, predict usage and deliver the best network connection based on custom connection policies. For more information visit .
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Pam Njissang
Bhava Communications for wefi
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