January 2001 see also Statistics page . Some 70 percent of online buyers would spend less money at a traditional retailer after having a bad experience with the retailer's online site, according to a report from Jupiter Media Metrix. Yet many retailers haven't yet set up their computer or logistical systems to offer the service that customers expect. In total, a million people were added to the list since October 2000 bringing the number of people going online from home in the UK to 13.5 million. Child-centered websites such as Disney.co.uk and popstarsonline.net are other sites that have shown particular growth.
Children aged between two and fourteen are the fastest growing category of surfers.
And the digital divide is also narrowing with more lower income households logging on. The equivalent of 360,000 email messages are sent every second in Britain, underlining the spectacular growth in use of the internet, new figures revealed yesterday. A recent report reveals that the cost of computer security breaches to US businesses and government organizations is rising rapidly. Asia will dominate the global Net population by 2002, but icy Scandinavia is still tops in per-capita usage. The US leads the world in home Internet use, with more than 98 million people logging on from home in December 2000.