ATLANTA — For the first time ever, a survey has found that more online consumers pay their bills online than write checks.

Sponsored by the Checkfree Corporation, the January 2007 survey polled 2,018 online respondents who were at least partly responsible for household bill payments. Respondents are representatives of the estimated 82.5 million U.S. households using the Internet, and the margin of error is plus or minus 2%.

The survey found that a growing number of consumers are turning to their computers, rather than their checkbooks, to pay household bills and that paying bills online has become a mainstream activity among U.S. households.

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