Brits spend three days a month online

British surfers spend an average of three days a month online, equating to over a month (34 days) every year.

They also spend seven hours talking on the phone, the equivalent of having a three-day conversation over the space of the year.

More than half of the adults surveyed by price-comparison site Moneysupermarket.com also claimed that they would be completely cut off from the world without a phone or the internet.

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One in four said they were worried they'd miss out on something and one in seven said they wouldn't know how to contact friends without the use of a mobile or the web.

Julie Owens, broadband and mobiles spokeswoman at Moneysupermarket.com, said: "Mobile phones and the internet have become a way of life for millions of people.

"Mobiles are no longer just used as phones and as a result people have become more and more dependent on them," she continued.

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People in Britain spend 68 hours on the internet and seven hours on the phone every month, according to research.
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Vicky Woollaston
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