Analysis on Tuesday, updates on Friday. Online , because they feel it is irrelevant to their lives.
Cost also serves as a significant barrier.
The survey also found more than 10 percent of those not connected to the Internet in the UK intend to get connected in the next year. People with children are more likely to connect, with 25 percent intending to do so within the year. Internet service and content providers need to establish a clear message for non-users to show how they can benefit from online activity. New methods of access like interactive TV and mobile phones, which offer consumers a mode of accessing the Internet without the expense of a PC, may change minds. But if they don't, the digital divide may become a real problem.