The nation in 2004: Are you more techie than the average Briton?
The government has been taking a look back at what the nation's been up to this year - and the UK is more in love technology than ever before. According to the Office of National Statistics' Yearbook 2004 - a snapshot of the tastes and events of the nation in 2004 - 53 per cent of UK households have internet access, 84 per cent of the UK's internet users have used email between April 2003 and February 2004, while 21 per cent used chatrooms.
Interestingly, six per cent of the UK's web users have also been using VoIP. However, the most popular online activity is getting information about goods and services, with 81 per cent of all UK's online adults having used the web for research ...more
The government has been taking a look back at what the nation's been up to this year - and the UK is more in love technology than ever before. According to the Office of National Statistics' Yearbook 2004 - a snapshot of the tastes and events of the nation in 2004 - 53 per cent of UK households have internet access, 84 per cent of the UK's internet users have used email between April 2003 and February 2004, while 21 per cent used chatrooms.
Interestingly, six per cent of the UK's web users have also been using VoIP. However, the most popular online activity is getting information about goods and services, with 81 per cent of all UK's online adults having used the web for research ...more