Ever wonder why 39% of the UK’s population continue to shun the Internet? Probably not, unless you’re an ISP or write ISP news sites, which may explain why BT has had enough of guesswork and instead gone on the hunt for answers.

The operator has announced its intention to employ a team of psychologists that will study a group of Internet have-not’s in an effort to shed some light on the problem. Early research has reportedly already revealed that people can find using the Internet stressful and confusing, not unlike visiting a government website then:


It's not clear from the BBC News Online item when the study will be completed but we expect some interesting results. We know what the BORG (StarTrek) would say about trying to avoid the Internet - “Resistance is futile!”, although they did wear funny makeup, plastic masks and wanted to dominate the universe.