Internet use in the UK

This is a very interesting (well at least to me) article on the BBC Website.

It's the results of the Oxford Internet Survey of Internet Use in the UK. Here's some of the salient points

• 67% of the overall population use the Internet
• 31% of retired people use the Internet
• 97 % of students use the Internet
• 5% fewer women than men use the Internet
  

• 75% of people who use the Internet have bought online
• 66% of people who use the Internet collect information about local events
• 'virtually all' Internet users use it to track email
• 85% of users have a high-speed connection
• 21% of users access using a mobile phone or PDA

Interesting stuff