7 Million UK Broadband Customers

[sem4u]

As well as the five million broadband customers connected via BT, there are thought to be more than two million people going online via cable connections from Telewest and NTL.

This is about half of all UK internet users :)

[news.bbc.co.uk...]

[Syzygy]

...and as a consequence:

The UK leads the world in home computers that have been hijacked by malicious hackers, warns a report.

Research by security firm Symantec shows that 25% of the world's remotely controlled PCs are found in Britain.

...[this] was due to the 93% increase in broadband connections in the UK over the last year.

Also from the BBC [news.bbc.co.uk]

Syzygy

[cmatcme]

Safely on dial-up over here :)

[sem4u]

Good point Syzygy. Just shows the need for users to be aware of spyware, viruses and trojans. Sadly most people don't know the 'dangers of the web' and are not protected as well as they can be :(