This mode of operation, during the central Pandemic and in later years, it is presented as a measure compromisealthough there is a slowdown in the implementation of most of the companies in our country, especially in the summer months. Internet exchange operator DE-CIX, with the support of Alpha Research, conducted a survey to find out the current state of the quality of Internet connection in Spain and how citizens will use their digital workplaces in the summer. The results show 43.8% of Spaniards will work remotely in the summer. Of these, 24.7% confirm that they will do more than last year, while 63.7% will operate in the same way as the previous summer.
When asked about remote working, the following data stand out: 48.9% of men will work remotely, 45.3% will not be able to work remotely, and 5.8% will not be able to work remotely (even if they wanted to). On the other hand, 38.7% of women will be able to work remotely, 53.3% will not be able to work remotely, and 8% will not be able to (even if they wanted to). Regarding age ranges, The largest group of those who want to work remotely is between the ages of 18-29 (48.4%). And in terms of geographic location, the populations of autonomous communities that will work most remotely are Murcia (60%), Madrid (56%) and the Community of Valencia (51%).
Of all the Spaniards who went to telework this summer, Four out of ten respondents are concerned about a possible poor Internet connection where they go, not knowing what to find. This concern is higher in men (44.5%). Therefore, 66.7% of these respondents share data from a smartphone to other devices, usually (19.4%) or sometimes (47.3%) during the summer months.
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The fear of a bad connection is especially intensified when the trip is made to the most rural areas of Spain. 69.4% of respondents confirm that they do not find the same quality of connection in rural areas as in the city.. These figures once again affect depopulated Spain and the restrictions imposed on workers to live or spend summers in these regions.
According to the results of the research, 37.5% of the respondents stated that they work remotely one or two days a week, while 62.8% state that they have a remote working model more than three days a week. actually this one of the increasingly considered requirements when starting a new professional project.
Connection issues
Although society and companies are in an era of explosion of technological kits such as Artificial Intelligence, still having connection problems. 50.7% of them state that they have connection problems while working from home. Overall, this failure mostly occurs during video calls (43.8%), running business tools (28.2%), or trying to upload files to the cloud (20.3%). These failures cause employees to lose agility (51.9%) or work more hours (26.4%). Speaking of location, the most problematic communities according to survey respondents are Madrid (58%), Cantabria (57.5%) and Navarra (57.1%).