BBC NEWS | Technology | Families row over home PC access
Mori apparently have found out that families argue... about PC access. A startling discovery :)
Of more interest:
The Mori survey found that 22% of 15 to 24-year-olds bicker with other family members over who gets computer time.In their survey of UK children and their parents, the LSE team found that 43% of parents of nine to 17-year-olds have set up rules for how much time their child can spend on the net.
The majority, 90%, of young people interviewed for Dr Bober's research use the net for homework. About 72% of them use it for e-mail and 70% play games on their computers.
"Many families also resort to buying additional computers or laptops to solve this problem. Over a third of nine to 19-year-olds have more than one computer at home," said Dr Bober.
The Mori survey also revealed that 62% of computer-using over 55s and 20% of 45 to 54-year-olds used e-mail to keep in touch with children who had left the roost.
Further in the article the mention of ONS figures , which interestingly contrast somewhat with Ofcom figures:
According to recent figures from the Office of National Statistics, 35% of people in the UK access the internet from home via a dial-up connection, on a pay-as-you-go basis.Posted by Paul Goodison at November 26, 2004 08:50 AM | TrackBackAbout 29% access the net on unmetered dial-up and 31% have an always-on, broadband connection.