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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:45 pm ]
Post subject:  No internet access in 17% of UK homes, ONS data shows
No internet access in 17% of UK homes, ONS data shows

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Four million homes in the UK are still not connected to the internet, the Office of National Statistics said.

The ONS's data said the majority, 59%, of those unconnected said they simply did not need to be online.

Twenty per cent said they lacked the computer skills needed to get online, while another 10% said they could not afford it.

Three-quarters of the UK's adults access the web daily, with mobile browsing growing most quickly.

Just over half of all adults accessed the internet on their phones - more than double the total in 2010.

The most active age group online was the 25-34 bracket.
Author:  steve74 [ Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: No internet access in 17% of UK homes, ONS data shows
Ah, so my parents aren't the only ones then?! :lol:
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: No internet access in 17% of UK homes, ONS data shows
steve74 wrote:
Ah, so my parents aren't the only ones then?! :lol:

But which category do they fit? do not need? lack computer skills? cannot afford?
Author:  steve74 [ Thu Aug 08, 2013 6:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: No internet access in 17% of UK homes, ONS data shows
Amnesia10 wrote:
do not need? lack computer skills? cannot afford?

The first two!
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Aug 08, 2013 6:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: No internet access in 17% of UK homes, ONS data shows
steve74 wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
do not need? lack computer skills? cannot afford?

The first two!

The first trumps the necessity to learn any computer skills.
Author:  tombolt [ Thu Aug 08, 2013 7:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: No internet access in 17% of UK homes, ONS data shows
My father-in-law bought the cheapest laptop Argos had and ended up throwing it at the wall in frustration before he even bothered getting Internet.

I had a go on the laptop and it is appalling that Argos feel they could sell a piece of [LIFTED] like that.
Author:  pcernie [ Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: No internet access in 17% of UK homes, ONS data shows
tombolt wrote:
My father-in-law bought the cheapest laptop Argos had and ended up throwing it at the wall in frustration before he even bothered getting Internet.

I had a go on the laptop and it is appalling that Argos feel they could sell a piece of [LIFTED] like that.


Wouldn't be a really plasticky Toshiba would it?
Author:  tombolt [ Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: No internet access in 17% of UK homes, ONS data shows
Yup, it was. Took about 3 minutes to boot from brand new. It got me so angry I felt like taking it to trading standards. It's little wonder my father-in-law threw it against the wall.
Author:  pcernie [ Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: No internet access in 17% of UK homes, ONS data shows
tombolt wrote:
Yup, it was. Took about 3 minutes to boot from brand new. It got me so angry I felt like taking it to trading standards. It's little wonder my father-in-law threw it against the wall.


This, or a variation of it?

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... 079920.htm

My father bought it too, and he has 'an idea' of computers. I wouldn't use it to play solitaire on. It's the nastiest piece of crap I've ever seen, computer-wise.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:49 am ]
Post subject:  Re: No internet access in 17% of UK homes, ONS data shows
Yet those are just the computers that the government want people to use. :roll:
Author:  saspro [ Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: No internet access in 17% of UK homes, ONS data shows
My 90 year old grandmother didn't even buy a video. What use for the internet does she have?
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: No internet access in 17% of UK homes, ONS data shows
saspro wrote:
My 90 year old grandmother didn't even buy a video. What use for the internet does she have?

A lot of people really do not need internet access.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: No internet access in 17% of UK homes, ONS data shows
My nan can barely work her TV and DVD player. She's got no chance of learning about the internet at her age with her poor vision. She can't even read news papers any more.
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