Wanadoo's UK ISP, Freeserve, has begun pushing its unmetered dial-up service to cash in on this busy Christmas period.

Punters signing up for Freeserve AnyTime can get it for half price - £7.49 a month - for the first three months.

After that, the price reverts back to the usual price of £14.99 a month. The half-price offer runs until 31 January 2004.

Separately, research from ISP Virgin.net has revealed that among UK Net users, punters in Swansea spend the most time online.

According to its research, people in Swansea spend more than 66 hours online a month. Next up is Reading and Guildford (62 hours a month). What we're supposed to read into this is anyone's guess. ®