Broadband provider TalkTalk UK has revealed that over one-third of the population (34%) admit to spending time working and accessing work-related emails remotely over the holiday period (Dec 24th 2009 to 1st Jan 2010); the equivalent of nearly 16m people. However the average amount of time spent online during this period was just 3 hours and 18 minutes, though one in ten did use over 10 hours.

Internet TV services also become increasingly popular with 20% saying they watched or downloaded TV from the Internet during the holiday period this year, spending an average of 2 hours and 30 minutes doing so. This compares to 28% who watched clips on YouTube and 19% who played online computer games.


Meanwhile over half (57%) spent time emailing friends and family, and 40% visited social networking sites. More than one in 10 of us (11%) made calls to friends and family via Skype, while only 3% of people said they accessed and updated their Twitter account over Christmas and New Year.