05 Jul 2010

Getting online 'is becoming easier'

Businesses and individuals are finding it easier than ever to get online and access the internet, it has been claimed.

James Smythe, general manager of the UK Online Measurement Company (UKOM), said internet access is now widespread around the country and this has meant that business communications and online systems are becoming an integral part of many firms.

He commented: "Speed of connection must also be a factor - widespread access to decent broadband speeds means that the internet is getting better at making people's lives easier."

According to research carried out by UKOM, the size of the UK internet audience grew by five per cent from 36.9 million people in May 2009 to 38.8 million people in May 2010.

Indeed, of the 1.9 million new Britons using the internet, one million (53 per cent) were at least 50-years-old.