Comments on: 9.2 Million Adults In The UK Have Never Been Online

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:36:43 +0000

Right, so being broke or not having many qualifications means you’re less likely to use the internet? I’m glad these experts are here to get paid to tell us these profound and illuminating things. I hear their next project is particularly exciting- identifying the key differences between the arse and the elbow…

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:44:30 +0000

Where do you get these stories from? People who ‘work’ gathering statistics either make them up or ask a few people from another office and a couple of family members, they didn’t even advertise their online survey online! Oh yeah, did I mention, NOBODY CARES!

- The story comes from IT Pro mag (shown clearly in the link), the stats are from the National Office of Statistics and clearly you cared enough to comment. – Phillis

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:12:54 +0000

I must say whoever produced these figures were pretty much talking out of their bum cheeks. Seriously, it compares it to 62million people in Britain. That is the TOTAL number of people of which many are children under the age of 12. How many are at the age of infant I do not know, but this study is just more random numbers produced by people who like to take money from the government.

And really, people who have little income and poor education don’t use the internet. What a surprise. They are probably too busy spending their money on necessities such as food, housing and staying alive.

I think I could make up statistics that could mirror any “study” with a wild guess, using a little bit of brain power and without bothering the public in surveys.

By: Freda Livery

Freda Livery — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:05:49 +0000

I have an elderly aunt who has discovered how fantastic the internet is.

Whenever she wants to know something, she phones my mum who is online and asks her to “look it up for me”

Is this what’s meant by an Internet Proxy? !!

By: rogibson

rogibson — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:36:17 +0000

…and yet they will never read this article to realise. Shame.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:17:33 +0000

97% who have a degree.. I’m trying to think which 3% of degree educated people will not have used the net. Anyone care to take a stab? Maybe OAP;’s?