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NETWORKS @ HOME: MULTIPLE-PC HOUSEHOLDS

INDUSTRY REPORTS FROM PARKS ASSOCIATES

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY — Publish Date: SEP 99   Purchase Report Online
Focus Group Analysis — Publish Date:
AUG 99   Purchase Report Online

SYNOPSIS
Households with more than one computer are a prime market to adopt home networking components and solutions. This report analyzes the results of a 400-household survey among consumers with more than one computer at home. This report covers current use of computers and the Internet, and it provides consumer reaction to home networking applications. With the purchase of this report, Parks Associates will also provide analysis of two focus groups of consumers in multiple-PC households.
CONTENTS:  Networks @ Home: Multiple-PC Households

1.0 Executive Summary
    1.1 Background and Format of the Study
    1.2 Top-Line Results
        1.2.1 Demographics of the Multi-PC Household
        1.2.2 PCs in the Home
        1.2.3 Attitudes Toward Technology: Ownership of Household Technologies and Multiple-PCs
        1.2.4 Internet Access in the Multi-PC Household
        1.2.5 Modem Speed and Interest in High-Speed Internet Service
        1.2.6 The Home Network
        1.2.7 Likelihood of Adopting a Home Network
        1.2.8 Top Uses for a Home Network/The Internet Appliance
        1.2.9 Where Consumers Seek Information
    1.3 Conclusions Drawn From the Survey
        1.3.1 The Target Markets
        1.3.2 Marketing to the Multiple-PC Household

2.0 The Sample
    2.1 Data Collection
    2.2 Characteristics of the Sample
        2.2.1 Characteristics of the Sample: Age
        2.2.2 Characteristics of the Sample: Number of Children at Home
        2.2.3 Characteristics of the Sample: Household Income
        2.2.4 Characteristics of the Sample: Occupations
        2.2.5 Characteristics of the Sample: Work-At-Home Status
        2.2.6 Characteristics of the Sample: Type of Residence
        2.2.7 Characteristics of the Sample: Second Home Ownership
    2.3 Product Penetration in Multiple-PC Households
        2.3.1 Product Penetration in Multiple-PC Households by Household Type (1)
        2.3.2 Product Penetration in Multiple-PC Households by Household Type (2)
        2.3.3 Product Penetration in Multiple-PC Households (3)

3.0 Consumers and Their Attitudes Toward Technology
    3.1 Key Findings
    3.2 How Members of Multiple-PC Households Were Segmented
    3.3 Results of the Cluster Analysis: Segmenting Consumers by Their Relationships with
          Technology
    3.4 Segment Demographics
        3.4.1 Segment Demographics: Income Distribution
        3.4.2 Segment Demographics: Occupations
        3.4.3 Segment Demographics: Gender
    3.5 Attitudes Measured by Ownership of Products
        3.5.1 Attitudes by Numbers or Product/Services In Household
        3.5.2 Attitudes by Ownership Mix from No PCs and No Home Theater to Multiple PCs and
                 Home Theater
        3.5.3 Attitudes by Ownership in Regard to No-PC Households
        3.5.4 Attitudes By Product Ownership in Households With Multiple PCs
    3.6 Marketing Implications from Attitude and Ownership

4.0 Ownership and Usage of Computers
    4.1 Key Findings
    4.2 Motivation for Second PC Purchase
        4.2.1 Motivation for Second PC Purchase: Children
        4.2.2 Motivation for Second PC Purchase: Work-At-Home
        4.2.3 Motivation for Second PC Purchase According to Attitudinal Survey
    4.3 When Households First Acquired a Second PC
    4.4 Relative Importance of Three Aspects of PC Performance
    4.5 Number and Type of Computers in the Household
    4.6 Location of Computers in the Home
    4.7 Time Spent on Home Computers
    4.8 Common Computer Activities
        4.8.1 Common Computer Activities Overall and According to Gender
        4.8.2 Common Computer Activities According to Age of Respondents
    4.9 Children’s Use of Computers

5.0 Multiple-PC Households and the Internet
  5.1 Internet Access
        5.1.1 Modem Speed
        5.1.2 Comparing Internet Access in Multiple-PC Versus Single-PC Households
        5.1.3 Number of Paid Internet Subscriptions per Household per Number of PCs
        5.1.4 Online Provider
        5.1.5 Average Monthly Payment By Online Provider
        5.1.6 Popular Internet Activities Among Multi-PC Households
        5.1.7 Popular Internet Activities by Age
        5.1.8 Popular Internet Activities by Household Income
        5.1.9 Popular Internet Activities by Work-At-Home Status
        5.1.10 Web Sites Visited Most Often in Multiple-PC Households
        5.1.11 Most Popular Internet Activities in Multi-PC Households by Modem Speed
        5.1.12 The Appeal of the "Free PC" Marketing Model
        5.1.13 High-Speed Services in Multi-PC Households
        5.1.14 Interest in High-Speed Services in Multi-PC Households
        5.1.15 Interest in High-Speed Services Based on Online Activity in Multi-PC Households
        5.1.16 Interest in High-Speed Service: Household Income and Work-At-Home Status
        5.1.17 The Amount Respondents Are Willing To Pay For High-Speed Services
        5.1.18 Respondents Interested in High-Speed Services Based on Spousal Online Activity
    5.2 Game Console Ownership in Multi-PC Households
        5.2.1 Game Console Ownership and Perceived Usefulness of PC-Based Home Control
        5.2.2 Location of the Game Console(s) in Multi-PC Households
        5.2.3 Comparison Between Number of Computers and Game Console Ownership
        5.2.4 Game Console Ownership Compared To PC Gaming Among Respondents

6.0 Internet Appliances
    6.1 Familiarity Compared to Perceived Value of Non-PC-Based Internet Devices
    6.2 Usefulness of Internet Access Through a Television
        6.2.1 Usefulness of Internet Access Via the Television According to Level of PC Use
        6.2.2 Usefulness of Internet Access Via the Television According to Work-At-Home Status
        6.2.3 Usefulness of Internet Access Via the Television by Game Console Ownership
    6.3 Awareness and Usefulness of Internet Access Via a Mobile Phone
    6.4 Usefulness of Internet Access Via a Mobile Phone
        6.4.1 Usefulness of Internet Access Via a Mobile Phone According to Level of PC Usage
        6.4.2 Usefulness of Internet Access Via a Mobile Phone According to Work-At-Home Status
        6.4.3 The Amount Respondents are Willing to Pay for Internet Access Via Mobile Phone
        6.4.4 Comparing What Respondents Pay for Home Internet Account and What They Would
                 Pay for Internet Access Via a Mobile Phone
    6.5 Awareness of Internet Access Through a Kitchen Appliance
        6.5.1 Awareness of Internet Access Via a Kitchen Appliance by Gender
        6.5.2 Usefulness of Internet Access Via a Kitchen Appliance
    6.6 Usefulness of Portable Device Dedicated to Internet Access
        6.6.1 Amount Respondents are Willing to Pay for Dedicated Internet Access Device

7.0 The Home Network
    7.1 Penetration and Top Applications for the Computer Network
    7.2 A Comparison Between Networked and Non-Networked Homes
        7.2.1 Household Income of Networked vs. Non-Networked Homes
        7.2.2 Time Spent on the PC and the Likelihood to Have a Computer Network
        7.2.3 Spouse’s Time Spent on PC and the Likelihood to Have a Network
        7.2.4 Work-At-Home Status of Networked vs. Non-Networked Homes
        7.2.5 Modem Speed of Networked and Non-Networked Homes
        7.2.6 Most Desirable Type of Networking: Networked vs. Non-Networked Homes
        7.2.7 Second-Most Desirable Type of Networking: Networked vs. Non-Networked Homes
        7.2.8 Top Application for a Computer Network: Networked vs. Non-Networked Homes
        7.2.9 Second-Most Preferred Application for a Computer Network: Networked vs.
                 Non-Networked Homes
    7.3 Households With a LAN
        7.3.1 Type of Network Installed
        7.3.2 Type of Network Installed by Household Income
        7.3.3 Type of Network Installed Compared to Time Since Household First Became Multi-PC
        7.3.4 Initial Reasons for Networking
        7.3.5 Initial Reasons for Networking: Work-At-Home Households vs. All Others
        7.3.6 Initial Reasons for Networking: Full-Time, Self-Employed Work-At-Homers
    7.4 The Potential Network Market (Non-Networked Homes)
        7.4.1 Likelihood of Computer Network Adoption
        7.4.2 Barriers to Network Adoption
        7.4.3 Barriers to Network Adoption: By Household Income
    7.5 PC-Based Home Control
        7.5.1 Perceived Usefulness of PC-Based Appliance and Entertainment Control
        7.5.2 Perceived Usefulness by Household Income
        7.5.3 Perceived Usefulness by Work-At-Home Status
        7.5.4 Likelihood of Adoption at Given Price Points
        7.5.5 Likelihood of Adoption by Household Income (Price Between $250 and $350)
        7.5.6 Likelihood of Adoption by Household Income (Price Between $350 and $450)
    7.6 Structured Wiring
        7.6.1 Awareness of Structured Wiring: Multiple-PC Households vs. All Others
        7.6.2 Presence of Structured Wiring in Multiple-PC Households

8.0 Reaching the Multiple-PC Household
    8.1 Key Findings and Marketing Implications
    8.2 Top Sources for Product Information
        8.2.1 Top Sources for Product Information: Computer and Entertainment Products
        8.2.2 Top Sources for Product Information by Gender
        8.2.3 Top Sources for Product Information by Age
    8.3 Most Widely-Read Magazines

CONTENTS:  Networks @ Home: Group A - Multi-PC Households:  Focus Group Analysis

1.0 Background

2.0 Executive Summary

3.0 Findings from the Focus Groups
    3.1 Acquisition of the Additional Computer
        3.1.1 The Computer as a Commodity
        3.1.2 How do Consumers Learn About Computers?
        3.1.3 Distribution Channels
    3.2 Daily Use of the Home Computer
        3.2.1 Conflicts Over Computer Use - A Driver of Networking
        3.2.2 The Internet - and the Second Phone Line
        3.2.3 High-Speed Internet Service
    3.3 The Concept of Networking
    3.4 The Wired Home
    3.5 The PC as a Platform for Whole-House Networking?
        3.5.1 Interests Beyond Shared Internet Access
            3.5.1.1 Enhanced Home Security
            3.5.1.2 Energy Management
            3.5.1.3 Voice Recognition
            3.5.1.4 The PC as an Entertainment Platform
            3.5.1.5 Information Appliances

4.0 Appendix A: Moderator's Guide

5.0 Appendix B: Focus Group Questionnaire

6.0 Appendix C: Questionnaire Responses

7.0 Appendix D: Focus Group Seating

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