OFCOM Reports Longer Surfing Hours
Posted: 12th Aug, 2004 By: MarkJ
OFCOM's annual Communications Market 2004 report has found that the average time spent online has increased from 2 hours per week (dialup) in 1999 to a whopping 16 (broadband) during 2004!
We've summarised some related (Internet access and use) stats below:
- Residential customer spending on fixed, mobile and internet services increased by £1.3 billion in 2003.
- Broadband services are currently available to 88.7 per cent of households and take-up is growing rapidly.
- There are now almost 50,000 new broadband subscribers every week (DSL and cable), up from around 40,000 additions a week in late 2003.
- The total number of UK broadband subscribers is now similar to the number in France and Germany.
- Ofcom estimates that the 5 million broadband subscriber milestone will be passed in mid-September 2004.
- More than one-third of internet households now have a broadband connection.
- Dial-up numbers are declining more slowly than the increase in broadband connections; more consumers with no prior internet connection are going straight to broadband for their first experience of being online at home.
We've summarised some related (Internet access and use) stats below:
- Residential customer spending on fixed, mobile and internet services increased by £1.3 billion in 2003.
- Broadband services are currently available to 88.7 per cent of households and take-up is growing rapidly.
- There are now almost 50,000 new broadband subscribers every week (DSL and cable), up from around 40,000 additions a week in late 2003.
- The total number of UK broadband subscribers is now similar to the number in France and Germany.
- Ofcom estimates that the 5 million broadband subscriber milestone will be passed in mid-September 2004.
- More than one-third of internet households now have a broadband connection.
- Dial-up numbers are declining more slowly than the increase in broadband connections; more consumers with no prior internet connection are going straight to broadband for their first experience of being online at home.
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