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The drive towards Broadband Britain is in danger of stalling as consumers become increasingly confused and angry over the rising tide of spam, viruses and pop-up advertising. A new year-long study from The Work Foundation and the Broadband Stakeholder Group suggests that regular internet users are being put off adopting broadband because the time they… Continue reading Dark Side Of Internet Keeps Broadband Britain At Bay

The growth in broadband connections is helping to raise the profile of home networking in Western Europe as well as North America and Asia Pacific, according to a new report from In-Stat/MDR. The research group claims that the number of home networks in the region will rise from 2.8 million in 2002 to 4.5 million… Continue reading Western Europe Plugs Into Home Networks

Half of UK homes now have access to the internet and the rate of new connections is increasing, according to the latest figures from Oftel. There are now 12.5 million online households in the UK, with 750,000 new connections in the last three months. The popularity of high speed broadband technology has been a key… Continue reading Half Of UK Homes Are Now Online

Faith in the online medium as an advertising vehicle is at an all time high and a significant number of companies are prepared to increase their spending on interactive campaigns, according to a new study from MSN and the Interactive Advertising Bureau. The latest Online Pulse study, which is based on a survey of 500… Continue reading Advertisers Head Into Online Territory

The total number of American internet users passed the 150 million mark for the first time ever in September, according to the latest figures from comScore Media Metrix. The online research group claims that the number of people online in the US increased by 0.8% last month while the resumption of university studies helped boost… Continue reading US Internet Users Top 150 Million, Says comScore

Europeans will use the internet to originate half a million mortgage loans in 2003, equivalent to five per cent of total new mortgages, according to a brief by Forrester Research. The number of gross new internet-originated mortgages is set to grow from 495,000 this year to 1.6 million in 2008, equivalent to $230 billion. Remortgagers,… Continue reading Europeans Turning To The Web For Mortgages

Film studios are inclined to regard the web with suspicion on the basis that illegal file sharing threatens to erode revenues across the industry. However, a new report from Informa Media Group claims that piracy will only have a limited impact on sales and Hollywood will ultimately gain from internet services. Unlicensed downloading is widely… Continue reading Web An Opportunity For Movie Business, Says Report

Almost three-quarters of young Europeans are online and 16 to 24 year olds are more likely to use newfangled methods of communication than older consumers, according to Forrester Research. A study of internet usage in seven European countries found that 74% of young people are online compared to just 45% of more mature citizens. The… Continue reading Young Europeans Embrace The Net

US online retail will hit $88.1 billion by 2005, whilst total US business-to-consumer (B2C) ecommerce revenues will hit $133.3 billion by this time, according to a new report from eMarketer. The report predicts that by 2005, 66.7% of the population aged 14-plus will be online and 78.0% of these will be using the web for… Continue reading US Ecommerce Forecasts From eMarketer

Internet users now spend more time online than watching television, according to new research commissioned by the recently launched BT Yahoo! Broadband service. The NOP survey makes grim reading for TV advertising sales chiefs by revealing that the average internet user now spends 3.5 hours a day online, compared to just 2.8 hours watching television.… Continue reading Consumers Are Spending More Time Online, Says Study