Wi-Fi Use Pattern of Students in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

Abstract

To know the Wi-fi use pattern of the students in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), an exploratory research was conducted involving 112 Under Graduate (UG) and 35 Post Graduate (PG) students. Place and distance of internet access; time of internet use; search engine and e-mail ID used; frequency of checking e-mails; hours/day use of internet, academic & personal e-mails received and sent were studied. Majority of the UG (89.29%) and PG (74.28%) students accessed internet from hostel. UG (72.32%) and PG (71.43%) students accessed wi-fi internet from a distance less than 0.1 KM. UG (31.25%) students used internet during night while an equal proportion of 22.86 per cent each of the PG students used internet at evening and late night. UG (54.46%) and PG (80.00%) students used firefox search engine to browse internet. UG (88.39%) and PG (65.72%) students used gmail. UG (44.64%) students used internet 1 to 2 hrs per day, while PG (34.29%) students used 3 to 4 hrs per day.