They Come to Work ... But Survey Finds That Nine-Tenths of Internet Time May Be Spent Chatting at a Cost of Billions

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UP TO 91% of workplace internet use in Wales is spent on social networking sites like Facebook, according to startling new research out today.

Although the study, by Cardiff-based technology Circle IT was only a small sample of 20 Welsh firms, it raises wider concerns about productivity and personal internet use during office hours.

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They Come to Work ... But Survey Finds That Nine-Tenths of Internet Time May Be Spent Chatting at a Cost of Billions

According to the research:

Between 18% and 91% of all internet use in the companies surveyed occurred on sites such as MySpace, Bebo and subsidiaries of Facebook;

Workers each spent an average of half-...

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