UK Online spending 'to reach £40bn' in 2007

Online shopping in the UK is due to hit £40bn this year, a study estimates.

The figure comes from price comparision website, Uswitch, which says the boom is being fuelled by cheaper broadband deals and faster connection speeds.

A separate study from Forrester Research predicts that online Christmas shopping will reach £13.8bn this year, a 42% increase on 2006.

Uswitch's 2007 figure is based on data pulled from official Office for National Statistics retail numbers.

It predicts that the UK's online spending will further rise to £162bn by 2020, when it will make up 40% of total retail sales.

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UK broadband use reaches new high

Almost nine out of 10 UK net users are connecting via broadband services, official figures reveal.

Information gathered by National Statistics (ONS) for September show that 88.4% of Britons are choosing to use broadband rather than dial-up.

The statistics show that 49.2% of those connections are for services advertised at two megabits per second or faster.

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