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The numbers using internet might be 95% but I would venture a guess that those having access to mobile internet is significantly less.
Even the cheapest of phones have access to the internet these days.
peedee
Sorry, PeeDee thats not true !!
My Mobile Phone can be used for phone calls & texts but thats all I ever want from a Phone & its all the ones I choose can do.
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The numbers using internet might be 95% but I would venture a guess that those having access to mobile internet is significantly less.
Even the cheapest of phones have access to the internet these days.
peedee
Sorry, PeeDee thats not true !!
My Mobile Phone can be used for phone calls & texts but thats all I ever want from a Phone & its all the ones I choose can do.
You obviously don't look hard enough or don't consider >this< cheap. I bought one for my wife and I can assure you it has access to the internet and is simple to use. They are also available from many other sources, google Nokia 301.
peedee
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The numbers of the UK population using the internet is round about the 95 percent mark,
Don't belive that figure. It may well be that that percentage have the ability to access the internet but I'm sure that it's a lot lower for those that actually use the internet. That figure is just advertising blurb put out by the internet companies and the Government, to put pressure on all those that don't use it to feel out of place with the rest.
However I will keep on using the site directory & map.
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My Sony cost £35 and can access the internet although I do not use it. I use the internet as I feel appropriate but do feel many people overuse it and no longer consider what is the most appropriate method of communication.
Having said that I cannot think of anyone I know who does not use it to some extent even my 90 year old mother so the 95% figure might be right.
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You obviously don't look hard enough or don't consider
>this< cheap. I bought one for my wife and I can assure you it has access to the internet and is simple to use. They are also available from many other sources, google Nokia 301.peedee
I don't need to look hard for a phone. The one you show is far too big for me to wish to carry in my trouser pocket and, for me too small a screen for internet usage, Neither fidh nor foul as far as my wants. I have a small clam phone that cost me £10 a
couple of years ago. It suits me so well that later bought another as a spare. I rarely use a mobile. Used to find out where OH is when we have gone seperate ways, to call breakdown or doctors etc. Emergency stuff. It is in my pocket at all times and because
it is not a smart phone and heavy on battery use it needs charging about 3 times a month. Being small it is always on my person and so I am always contactable.0 -
According to Offcom 66% of the population in UK use the phone to access the internet. I suspect though that many would use it with apps to check the time of next bus etc or find walking directions in a town rather than general use.
My eldest daughter has a smart phone which was giveb as a present. She finds it useful as she does a lot of short term jobs through agencies and can receive her e-mails on it. She does not generally use it for other than communication therefore.
What she hates about it though is having to carry a handbag due to its size.
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My Sony cost £35 and can access the internet although I do not use it. I use the internet as I feel appropriate but do feel many people overuse it and no longer consider what is the most appropriate method of communication.
Having said that I cannot think of anyone I know who does not use it to some extent even my 90 year old mother so the 95% figure might be right.
my parents (both 87) dont as my dad has too much to do caring for my mum.....but he understands the concept and i (or my sister) can do a quick enquiry for them when checking out prices....but hes more than happy with catalogues and books.
they use the red button on the tv, accessing 'pages from the ether...' so not unlike a slow early browser....
they are probably (almost! the only two i know who dont use the net regularly....
however, OH parents (10 yrs younger) both have ipads and are totslly comfortable with pretty much all aspects of browsing and messaging.
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Although of course my smartphone is substantially smaller then the sites directory, that we would otherwise have to cart about on our travels. Also so useful for the bird identification app, the wild flower app etc. Plus of course the very good quality camera
and video, which saves carrying other equipment, unless I really need an optical zoom. I would think we use it more for non on line activities, than on line. Prefer the larger pad for that,0 -
Nellie Google " numbers using the internet in the UK" its as high as 99 percent for 16 to 24 year olds.
peedee
correction, I should have said 99 percent for 16 to 44 year olds. The only person I know who does not use the internet is my 95 year old father in law.
peedee
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correction, I should have said 99 percent for 16 to 44 year olds. The only person I know who does not use the internet is my 95 year old father in law.
peedee
There are still quite a few on the church magazine circulation. It would make such ecomonic and environmental sense to go digital but not possible at the moment. Perhaps a gradual change in the future.
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Although of course my smartphone is substantially smaller then the sites directory, that we would otherwise have to cart about on our travels. Also so useful for the bird identification app, the wild flower app etc. Plus of course the very good quality camera and video, which saves carrying other equipment, unless I really need an optical zoom. I would think we use it more for non on line activities, than on line. Prefer the larger pad for that,
I agree but when stuck, e.g. no free WiFi, I revert to using the phone. Things are only going to get easier. Virgin are introducing free hotspots for its broadband customers.
peedee
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These days the mobile phone hardly get used for normal call or texts, keep in touch over the inet with viber, Google allo and duo for videos calls.
I do still like to use the site book and map though sometimes .
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I agree but when stuck, e.g. no free WiFi, I revert to using the phone. Things are only going to get easier. Virgin are introducing free hotspots for its broadband customers.
peedee
Yes more and more providers are giving you acces to hotspots as part of your contract. If you have an O2 contract you have access to fee hotspots with this. Or if you get your broadband from BT you have access to thousands both in this country and abroad. I wonder which ones virgin are buying into, as I doubt they will be setting up their own.
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You are probably right but I have no idea whose hot spots they will use. The App is available now for iOS customers, I'm waiting for the Android version to be released.
75 percent of the Clubs sites also have WiFi access so it really should not be that difficult to get information from the internet
peedee
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Nellie Google " numbers using the internet in the UK" its as high as 99 percent for 16 to 24 year olds.
peedee
But I bet that there are not many of that age group who caravan!! And of course they only represent less than 25% of the population anyway. If you exclude the 16-25 age group from the total using it the figure will be well below your 95%.
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Just had e mail reply to request for printed list.Says its in the post.
Who did you ask for the printed copy? I could do with one as we might well be away and not have internet access to view the list.
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Nellie Google " numbers using the internet in the UK" its as high as 99 percent for 16 to 24 year olds.
peedee
But I bet that there are not many of that age group who caravan!! And of course they only represent less than 25% of the population anyway. If you exclude the 16-25 age group from the total using it the figure will be well below your 95%.
According to Offcom 81% of adults have access to broadband either at home or mobile, 66% of people use the internet via mobile. What they use it for is, of course, another matter.
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Nellie Google " numbers using the internet in the UK" its as high as 99 percent for 16 to 24 year olds.
peedee
But I bet that there are not many of that age group who caravan!! And of course they only represent less than 25% of the population anyway. If you exclude the 16-25 age group from the total using it the figure will be well below your 95%.
According to Offcom 81% of adults have access to broadband either at home or mobile, 66% of people use the internet via mobile. What they use it for is, of course, another matter.
But the 66% includes the whole population. From that one must exclude the 5-20yr olds, about 1/5th of the pop'n, all of which use the internet, so the actual figure of those who might be booking sites will be a dran site less than 66% of the relevent population.
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Just had e mail reply to request for printed list.Says its in the post.
Who did you ask for the printed copy? I could do with one as we might well be away and not have internet access to view the list.
You don't need Internet N, you can save it and view it off line.
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But the 66% includes the whole population. From that one must exclude the 5-20yr olds, about 1/5th of the pop'n, all of which use the internet, so the actual figure of those who might be booking sites will be a dran site less than 66% of the relevent population.
Agreed. I think that very few people would use mobile broadband to book a site for example. If wifi is available that is a different matter.
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But the 66% includes the whole population. From that one must exclude the 5-20yr olds, about 1/5th of the pop'n, all of which use the internet, so the actual figure of those who might be booking sites will be a dran site less than 66% of the relevent population.
Agreed. I think that very few people would use mobile broadband to book a site for example. If wifi is available that is a different matter.
In our case it depends on how good the Wifi is. Recently on site when the Wifi was slow, I used my phone 4G connection as a hot spot for the pad to book a site. I would agree using the phone, although possible, is less desirable due to its small size and I would not use it through choice.
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