Downloading via a dial-up connection potentially wastes £1,188 a
year compared to broadband and a heavy internet user could watch
all 72 World Cup games with the time saved by switching to
broadband, according to a study.
More than one third of UK internet households are still wasting
valuable time and money by not switching to broadband according to
uSwitch.com, a price comparison service.
The company calculates that broadband could save dial-up users
an average of 54 hours of wasted time, for as little as £2 extra
per month. But a die-hard downloader could be wasting over 108
hours a year by not connecting to a broadband package.
