Top concerns of broadband users
Fact recorded on: April 13, 2007. Categories: Broadband.
Point Topic asked UK broadband users regarding top insecurities they had while using their broadband connection.
| Main concerns of UK broadband users | |
| Concern | Share |
| Viruses | 64% |
| Privacy/ personal data getting in the wrong hands |
61% |
| Fraud | 53% |
| SPAM | 49% |
| Connection reliability | 46% |
| Speed | 41% |
| Price/ cost | 41% |
| Technicality/ease of use/set up | 24% |
| Children accessing undesirable sites |
14% |
| Source: Point Topic | |
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