There's snow business like the internet business!

WEBSITE ISPreview reports that usage of Karoo Broadband has soared during the last week of the Big Freeze. Internet traffic levels apparently soared by 40% as people opted to work, shop and search for information from home.

The traffic increase was over 25% higher than experienced during the heavy snow of January 2010, which is apparently due to an increasing number of small businesses using technology to remain operational.

The Hedon Blog received an unprecedented number of visits for its weather coverage last week, with over 2,600 viewings on one post alone!