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Small Businesses Loves Them Some Wireless

Posted by Fredric Paul Thursday, Sep 27, 2007, 08:47 PM ET

According to a new AT&T-sponsored study, 42 percent of small businesses say they can't live without their technology.

Yesterday, I blogged at bMighty.com about our own litte poll of mobility in small and midsized companies. But now I'm writing about an AT&T survey of 1,000 people at business with between 2 and 25 employees.

According to the study, 51 percent of small businesses are more reliant on wireless now than they were a couple years ago and 55 percent expect to depend on it even over the next couple years. Broadband is still bigger than wireless, though, with 72 percent of small businesses taking advantage of fast Internet connections compared to 67 percent using wireless services -- while only 14 percent say that video is important to their business.

Here's the kicker, though: 70% of small business owners say that wireless devices helped give them the flexibility to operate a small business. So, what did we all do before cell phones?

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