We're grateful to Antony Mayfield for pointing out that most people in the UK who have internet connections have broadband. He points to the data from the Office of National Statistics report for September 2006. And here's the graph:
As Mayfield remarks, "it means that when considering the average UK web user we now presume that they have an always-on, fast connection.
But how many people are connected? The ONS doesn't say. It only offers an index of connectivity, which is not a lot of use, really. What's interesting is that the index of connectivity shows that people aren't taking up the Net so quickly. In fact, it's levelling off; it's grown only 10% since March 2005, and only grew by 0.8% in the past quarter - the second-slowest growth since 2003.
If you know where we can find the correct figure for Net connections, do offer a clue.
