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About how many Wi-Fi-enabled devices are shipped globally each year?

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382 km (237 miles)

What's the record distance for a working Wi-Fi link, set in 2007 between two mountain-top sites in Venezuela?

The link transferred about 3 MB per second of data between two mountain peaks.

Source: Wikipedia: Wi-Fi (2007) en.wikipedia.org

85%

In 2018, about what share of U.S. households had a broadband internet subscription?

92% of households had some type of computer that year, with smartphones the most common device at 84%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2018) census.gov

63%

In 2018, about what share of U.S. households owned a tablet?

Tablets trailed both smartphones (84%) and desktop or laptop computers (78%) in household ownership.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2018) census.gov

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