Get Online Week, a campaign that looks to bring broadband and other means of browsing the web to consumers around the UK, got underway today (October 18th 2010).

The event, organised by UK Online Centres, will run until October 24th and is aiming to show off the benefits of web access to more than 80,000 people.

This target is an eightfold increase on the 10,000 people who logged on to the web for the first time at the inaugural Get Online Day in 2008.

A number of internet service providers have lined up to partner this year's occasion, including the likes of 3 Mobile, BT, Sky and TalkTalk.

Managing director of UK Online Centres Helen Milner said: "With support from our partners, I'm now looking forward to a fantastic Get Online Week and a bumper month for digital inclusion."

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that more than nine million adults across the country have never used the internet.

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20th October 2010

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