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by Chadwick » Wed Sep 18 2019 2:04pm
pabenny wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18 2019 1:00pm
blythburgh wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18 2019 10:34am
And 7% who do not have access (maybe more if you count access at home only) are going to be the poorest in society.
Nonsense. A near-neighbour of mine will be 90 shortly. His house is worth in excess of £1m and he has a generous workplace pension. He does not have internet access.
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by pabenny » Wed Sep 18 2019 2:59pm
Indeed- and I would be the first to say that is only an anecdote and not evidence. But it illustrates that not having internet access and being poor not necessarily the same, as Mrs Blythburgh was claiming.
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by blythburgh » Thu Sep 19 2019 8:53am
I stand by what I say: the poorest often do not have an internet connection at home.
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by pabenny » Thu Sep 19 2019 9:09am
I agree that is likely. But what you previously said was that those who do not have an internet connection at home are the poorest. Not the same thing.
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by blythburgh » Fri Sep 20 2019 9:44am
pabenny wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19 2019 9:09am
I agree that is likely. But what you previously said was that those who do not have an internet connection at home are the poorest. Not the same thing.
The poorest cannot afford an internet connection as just paying bills and buying cheapest food takes all their money
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by gle1975 » Fri Sep 20 2019 11:02am
It's very basic now. I use it to get the cricket scores and the local weather maps are very good.
The old teletext was great - it was the end of an era when it ended in 2009.
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by BeautifulSunshine » Sat Sep 21 2019 1:21am
gle1975 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20 2019 11:02am
It's very basic now. I use it to get the cricket scores and the local weather maps are very good.
The old teletext was great - it was the end of an era when it ended in 2009.
I used to use Teletext to check the departure / landing of flights.
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by Richard Frost » Wed Jan 29 2020 6:18pm
pabenny wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18 2019 1:00pm
blythburgh wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18 2019 10:34am
And 7% who do not have access (maybe more if you count access at home only) are going to be the poorest in society.
Nonsense. A near-neighbour of mine will be 90 shortly. His house is worth in excess of £1m and he has a generous workplace pension. He does not have internet access.
One person not necessarily representative of the general population.
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by blythburgh » Thu Jan 30 2020 10:12am
More worrying is the axe of the Victoria Derbyshire programme and the cull of news programmes researchers etc. Has to happen because the Govt. is determined to kill off the Beeb and so forces it to pay for the 75+ licence and world service
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