Remote workers living alone, how much is the monthly communication cost?

Sony Network Communications announced on March 10 the results of a survey on the home communication environment in the 20s remote worker, which was conducted by the Internet connection service "So-net".The survey was conducted on the Internet for 380 men and women living alone who worked more than one day a week in their twenties from February 15 to 22, and worked alone for more than an hour.

First, when I heard about changes in income from the previous year, 51.1%is "the same as the previous year", 16.8%answered "decreased from the previous year", and in total 67.9%turned out that income had not increased.Regarding how to spend money every month, three out of four people living alone in their 20s "need to review" (75).5%).

When I asked about the monthly fixed cost while thinking about reviewing the expenditure, 90.8%replied, "I want to keep it as low as possible."The types of fixed costs to be suppressed are 64 "communication costs" such as smartphones, mobile phones, and Internet lines..1%is the largest.

When I asked a person whose communication cost was incurred as a fixed cost, the a month was 9,210 yen per month.The monthly average amount of utility bills is 8,789 yen, and communication costs are 421 yen higher per month than utility bills, and more than 5,000 yen higher in one year.

Next, if you want to continue remote work as it is, 75.8%answered "I want to continue."Also, if you want to move to a house suitable for remote work, 10.3%already moved, 20.3%replied, "I have a plan to move."

Also, 35.0%answered "I want to move", 65 in total..It turned out that 5%wanted a living environment suitable for remote work.

When I asked about the communication environment at home after Corona, 25.5%answered, "Changed to high spec."When I asked a person who changed to a high -spec communication environment, "Remote work has increased" (45).4%) was the most common answer.

When you ask the type of Internet line at home, the "optical line" is 44.5%most, hereinafter "home router" (14).2%), "Mobile WiFi Router" (11.3%), "CATV" (7.1%).The most people use optical lines, but 55.It turned out that 5%use lines other than optical lines.

If you ask about the satisfaction with the Internet line during remote work at home, if you are living alone in your 20s, 79.2%is "satisfied", 20.8%answered "I'm not satisfied."Looking at the line by line, 88 on the optical line.8%is satisfied, but 71 except for optical lines.It is as low as 6%.For reasons not satisfied, "the line is unstable" (45).6%), "The communication speed is slow" (39).2%) It was often seen.

I asked people who did not use the optical line if they would like to use an optical line at home.Then, 59.2%replied, "I want to use it."For reasons for not being used, "costs are high" (36).8%) is the largest, followed by "I can't afford it for my own life" (27.2%) continues.