Eurostat conducted a survey on the internet usage by households across Europe and published a report on the internet habits of people of various age groups and their specific internet related activities. Quite interestingly, the report indicates that broadband usage is on rise with the people of 55-74 age group, as the number of people who have used broadband in this group is found to have nearly doubled in 2007 when compared with the previous year.

The report also throws light on the internet skills acquired by individuals. More than half of the internet browsers were good at using search engines to find information. The other activity where the majority of the browsers were found to be skilled at was sending emails with attachments. However, only 10 percent of the internet users were able to create their web pages of their own.

Other statistics shows that there are 42 percent of households in Europe which are connected by broadband technology while in the UK, it is 57 percent showing 13 percent year-on-year growth during this year.