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Brits prefer online
diagnosis (24/08/05)
Fed up with their local doctor’s waiting
room, almost half the population (45%) use the Internet to find medical advice,
according to PIPEX a leading broadband provider.
Whilst NHS waiting
lists are falling, a quarter of all patients cannot book a doctors appointment
three or more days in advance , and many are unable to get one at all. In light
of this, PIPEX questioned 1,000 Brits about their attitudes towards researching
their medical ailments online.
The findings reveal women to be their
most likely to ‘ditch the doctor’ 51 per cent will do their own
research online, compared with 40 per cent of men. Furthermore, the findings
also show more Brits research their illnesses and ailments than shop online
(38%) and download music (43%).
Dominic Crolla, Managing Director,
PIPEX Communications; “ As the first commercial ISP, we’ve seen
significant growth in the way people use the Internet in their everyday lives.
From shopping to researching medical ailments, more an more people are
recognizing the benefits that high-speed Broadband Internet access can provide.
“Our own research shows that almost half the population searches
online resources for medical information and that figure is likely to increase
in line with the continued growth of the Internet.”
With more than
one in two British homes now having access to the Internet; Broadband is widely
expected to reach 8 million users, or 30 per cent of British households, by the
end of 2005.
About PIPEX
PIPEX is a telecom network operator
and provider of broadband solutions that combines the best infrastructure,
services, support and people to make communication simple for business. A
highly respected tier one Internet Service Provider (ISP), PIPEX Communications
provides both voice and data connectivity solutions, helping organisations to
keep their lines of communication open.
Established in 1991, PIPEX was
the UK's first commercial ISP, set up to deliver affordable, high speed, high
quality corporate Internet access. The company delivers the same outstanding
benefits to businesses today.
Now owning one of the UK's most extensive
communication networks, PIPEX has data centres in London, Manchester and Leeds
and over 100 Points of Presence (PoPs) nation-wide. This includes 20
point-to-multi-point radio PoPs offering wireless DSL. In addition, to ensure
that its customers' network traffic is always routed via the fastest, most
resilient path, PIPEX has over 200 public and private peering arrangements with
large Internet backbone providers, including the London Internet
Exchange.
With its unparalleled experience of connecting organisations
and its multi-award winning service, support levels and dynamic people, PIPEX
is reputed, by its clients, to be one of the safest pairs of hands in the
telecom industry. As a result, the company has achieved and retained an
enviable customer list, ranging from SMEs to blue chip companies and including
two-thirds of the UK's top 100 companies (as listed by The Times). Leading to
outstanding and unrivalled growth, PIPEX was named as one of the top hundred
fastest growing UK unquoted technology companies in the third annual "The
Sunday Times ARM Tech Track 100 league."
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