Broadband becoming the next utility

Broadband becoming the next utility as UK household take-up reaches 71%, but bundle savings are ignored – Broadbandchoices.co.uk comments. Michael Phillips, product director, said: “The latest Ofcom report simply confirms what we have been saying for a while – that broadband has become indispensible to UK households, but is also …

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IFAs In The Digital Space – Google White Paper Reveals IfFAs Continue To Miss Out On Online Demand For Financial Advice

With daily Internet usage in the UK increasing year on year by 22% [2], there are strong adoption rates among older and more affluent demographics – key markets for the IFA community. According to a new White Paper published by Google, searches on financial related terms are growing consistently and …

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Consumers Worldwide Change How They Communicate, Becoming More Fragmented, More Mobile and More Connected through Social Media

Consumers around the world are changing how they seek and share information, according to new research that Survey Sampling International (SSI) conducted among adults in the US, UK, France, Spain and Japan. Media multi-tasking — such as simultaneously searching Web sites, emailing and talking to someone — is prevalent in …

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India’s JimTrade reaches review milestone

India’s largest online business directory www.jimtrade.com has now crossed the milestone of more than 100,000 product reviews. Thus, the buyers can now find a large volume of product reviews at www.jimtrade.com and a direct access, free of cost, to their respective manufacturers with absolutely no inter-mediators. Key Factors: • Free …

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A third of Brits in broadband penalty peril this Christmas

New research from Broadbandchoices.co.uk reveals 32% of broadband users plan to watch more online TV this festive season, putting them at increased risk of incurring a penalty fine for excessive downloading The fear of missing a favourite TV show at Christmas is now firmly a thing of the past. With …

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New age of openness – UK shares more than ever before

2009 sees the emergence of the age of openness according to new research released today by first direct.  The latest research into online behaviour shows that Brits are now catching up with their American counterparts  when it comes to using the web – 79 per cent of the population are …

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Parents fail to monitor their children’s use of the internet

In advance of the Internet Watch Foundation’s Awareness Day (on 14th October 2009), Thinkbroadband.com has surveyed over 400 parents in the UK about their main concerns with children browsing the Internet. The new survey has revealed that almost a third of parents’ worry that their children will be exposed to …

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