This demonstrates a modest increase in the internet penetration since last fall, the total number online has increased from 64% to 66%, the number who go online from home is up from 52% to 55% and the number online at work has increased from 28% to 30%.
The slowdown in the economy and the so-called bursting of the dot.com bubble slowed internet growth in 2001 but it seems now as though there is evidence of a return to growth. More affluent, better educated consumers continue to make up the bulk of the online population and over 65s comprise 16% of all adults but only 5% of those online.
