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Brits Spend More Time On The Net Than Watching TV

A survey conducted by Google found that British internet users spend an averageof 164 minutes online daily - the equivalent of 41 days a year -compared to 148 minutes watching television.

Men spend on average 172 minutes on the web daily, and women 156 minutes.  Londoners and Scots are the most dedicated net users, accordingto the survey, carried out by the TNS institute last month involving 1030 adults aged 16 to 64.

I'm not surprised by these findings.  I'm actually going the other way and trying to spend less time 'online'.  It is so easy to fall into the habit of logging on to see if there are any new emails or any new RSS stories.

One area where I am cutting down is my mobile internet ...

submitted by: steve – Fri, 03/10/2006 – 5:03am