21 March 2005
Consumers in the UK are spending more time surfing the net at home thanks to the increased provision of broadband services.
A study conducted by Neilsen/Net Ratings looked into the residential internet habits of 12 countries and compared changing habits over the past few years.
Britain was found to have registered a gentle increase in figures with the average amount of time spent online at home in February at 11 hours 20 minutes.
This figure represents a year on year increase of eight per cent.
Broadband use had spurred on residential internet use in Hong Kong the most which moved up by a quarter to 21 hours and 53 minutes.
France and Italy also saw big increases unlike the US, which was the only country to have a fall in internet use.
© 2008 Adfero Ltd
Content for the uSwitch.com market news service is provided by a third party, Adfero Ltd. Whilst uSwitch.com makes reasonable efforts to check the reliability of this content, uSwitch.com does not guarantee the accuracy thereof or endorse the views or opinions given by Adfero Ltd, unless expressly stated otherwise.