There are now more than 11 million people using the Internet at home in the UK, according to NetValue. Home Internet users in the UK now number 11,599,000, an increase of more than 3,000,000 users from last month.
The number of women online has increased by 1,288,000, to 4,656,000 users, making up 40 percent of the home Internet audience. Users age 50 or older have grown by more than 680,000 users to 2,235,000, with kids online (14 and under) now accounting for just under 600,000 users. Internet activity has increased for all users in the UK over the last year, NetValue found.
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11 million online in the UK - 02/2001
Up form 8 million last month