Currently, 63% of UK businesses are connected to the internet, up from 61% in August 2001, with 92% of medium-sized UK businesses and 62% small businesses now online. These are some of the findings of a new Oftel survey into business consumers’ use of the internet.
Twenty-seven percent of small businesses think it unlikely that they will connect to the internet – compared to 31% in May 2001 – indicating that the web is becoming increasingly popular amongst small businesses, according to Oftel.
Almost four in five (78%) small businesses connect to the Net using ordinary phone lines (dial-up), compared to 37% of medium sized businesses. Medium sized businesses remain more likely to use ISDN (43%) or leased lines (19%) than small businesses.
Around 5% of small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) connected to the internet use DSL or cable modems.
