Broadband more vital than food, Survey

RobitTV · 20-09-2010 9:30pm #1

A survey poll stated by Sky News has hinted that people would prefer Keeping their Broadband at all costs. Even if it means Not buying food. Or having Warm Water.

The Sky poll, involved a survey of 1,000 respondents, it was stated that broadband is something of vital essence to people, where the importance of faster connectivity is above than food.

Research analyst Michael Garland, through Sky News reports said: "Many Sky News Panel respondents indicated increasing concern over the impact that the current economic climate is having on their financial situation."

It was further added that many people browse with the fear tagged with job security, integrated with rising costs for commodities such as food and drink, petrol, and electricity and gas which has caused a thought for money inflow. Many become patients of insomnia, moodiness and even ill health due to such situation.

Another poll done by Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank claimed that 93 per cent of people considered the last option to part with their Internet connection.

mikom · 20-09-2010 9:37pm

RobitTV wrote: »

It was further added that many people browse with the fear tagged with job security, integrated with rising costs for commodities such as food and drink, petrol, and electricity and gas which has caused a thought for money inflow.

What a clusterfuck of a sentence

tolosenc · 20-09-2010 9:37pm

Confirms what I've long suspected about people who watch Sky News...

Agricola · 20-09-2010 9:44pm

I got broadband just last year after nearly a decade on dialup. I think this survey is pretty accurate!

PeterIanStaker · 20-09-2010 9:58pm

www.just-eat.ie

Big Nasty · 20-09-2010 9:59pm

thread needs poll but yes i am the addict

OPENROAD · 20-09-2010 10:02pm

tolosenc wrote: »

Confirms what I've long suspected about people who watch Sky News...

Which is probably most people I would say to a certain extent

starbelgrade · 20-09-2010 10:04pm

What does the internet taste like?

Someone will not see this bit & post - chicken - I guarantee it

meathstevie · 20-09-2010 10:05pm

God pity the fools. Amen.

alwaysadub · 20-09-2010 10:07pm

I was over in someones's house earlier trying to sort out their very old laptop with a dial up connection. I was ready to throw myself out of the window after 5 minutes. Broadband is the best thing ever

starbelgrade · 20-09-2010 10:09pm

alwaysadub wrote: »

I was over in someones's house earlier trying to sort out their very old laptop with a dial up connection. I was ready to throw myself out of the window after 5 minutes. Broadband is the best thing ever

You should have thrown their laptop out the window & told them to join the 21st Century.

alwaysadub · 20-09-2010 10:11pm

starbelgrade wrote: »

You should have thrown their laptop out the window & told them to join the 21st Century.

I thought about it, but it meant unplugging a lot of tangled up cables. Throwing myself out would've been quicker..

pablomakaveli · 20-09-2010 10:52pm

I believe that in Hell their is only dial-up available. It is after all the most evil connection none to man.

JONJO THE MISER · 20-09-2010 11:08pm

No Internet No Beer makes JonJo goe crazy:pac:

AnnyHallsal · 20-09-2010 11:14pm

I thought I was the only one who felt like this. Better to be hungry and internet-ed than full and no internet-ed.

It's like that episode of South Park ... hordes of families heading west, in search of the internet.

sky88 · 20-09-2010 11:20pm

i like food a lot more then the internet i can live without it i cant live without food

AnnyHallsal · 20-09-2010 11:22pm

sky88 wrote: »

i like food a lot more then the internet i can live without it i cant live without food

Freak :eek:

scientific1982 · 20-09-2010 11:24pm

Food FTW but was without broadband for a month a while back and was goin crazy. Scary how dependant you become on technology.

Mr Benevolent · 20-09-2010 11:32pm

It was further added that many people browse with the fear tagged with job security, integrated with rising costs for commodities such as food and drink, petrol, and electricity and gas which has caused a thought for money inflow. Many become patients of insomnia, moodiness and even ill health due to such situation.

That honestly sounds like some sort of NLP command. I should know, I'm an NLP practitioner.

starbelgrade · 20-09-2010 11:33pm

scientific1982 wrote: »

Food FTW but was without broadband for a month a while back and was goin crazy. Scary how dependant you become on technology.

If you didn't have food for a month, you'd probably have died.

AnnyHallsal · 20-09-2010 11:37pm

There's a man on Frontline demanding broadband from the government :pac:

Kinda

hello932 · 21-09-2010 12:10am

Im curios how dependent on the internet are we as a nation? I personally do most of my shopping, bill paying, facebook etc all online when i used to do most of this stuff with real people in the 90's.

Doc · 21-09-2010 12:15am

meathstevie wrote: »

God pity the fools. Amen.

I think you’ll find that was Mr.T

qwertplaywert · 21-09-2010 12:18am

hello932 wrote: »

I personally do most of my shopping, bill paying, facebook etc all online

Have to agree with you, tend to find myself doing most of my facebook online as well..

orourkeda · 21-09-2010 12:23am

I'd rather **** than have broadband

mikom · 21-09-2010 12:26am

orourkeda wrote: »

I'd rather **** than have broadband

I'd rather jack than Fleetwood mac.

Wertz · 21-09-2010 2:47pm

By sheer coincidence, Sky is seeking to become a major provider of broadband services in the UK.
Who the hell values dataflow over food? This isn't S Korea...

AnnyHallsal · 21-09-2010 2:49pm

Ah, yeah it's clearly skewered for commercial purposes but I think it's true that people now see internet access as a necessity, rather than a luxury and will sacrifice other things to try to keep it when times get tough. For me it would definitely be one of the last things to go, if possible.

kfallon · 21-09-2010 2:50pm

I ate my laptop last night after reading this thread, wasn't as nice as the hang sangwich I was gonna have, plus shiitin' the keyboard out this morn left me ould chocolate fudge canal with a hint of a raspberry 'jus' in it so I think it's safe to say that food is defo more important than broadband!

AnnyHallsal · 21-09-2010 2:52pm

kfallon wrote: »

I think it's safe to say that food is defo more important than broadband!

Fat b*stard :pac:

kfallon · 21-09-2010 2:56pm

AnnyHallsal wrote: »

Fat b*stard :pac:

Cheeky fooker

I am not fat!

Jumpy · 21-09-2010 2:58pm

orourkeda wrote: »

I'd rather **** than have broadband

The two are not mutually exclusive.

AnnyHallsal · 21-09-2010 3:01pm

kfallon wrote: »

Cheeky fooker
I am not fat!

Heh, it means you're greedy. And only greedy people choose food over broadband

Wertz · 21-09-2010 3:05pm

I'd sooner have no electricity than no food, nevermind bloody broadband.

A "necessity" perhaps to those who have all the trappings of modern luxury, but at the end of the day it's far from a life and death thing...that people would think it might be just goes to show how far removed current day society is from the realities of life.

AnnyHallsal · 21-09-2010 3:07pm

Wertz wrote: »

I'd sooner have no electricity than no food, nevermind bloody broadband.

A "necessity" perhaps to those who have all the trappings of modern luxury, but at the end of the day it's far from a life and death thing...that people would think it might be just goes to show how far removed current day society is from the realities of life.

True, true, but it still feels as such to many people.

ScumLord · 21-09-2010 3:17pm

If your job depends on computer use, like say your a website designer then I can see it but otherwise I'm sure people would rather want food, especially fat website designers... no it doesn't make sense.

kfallon · 21-09-2010 3:19pm

AnnyHallsal wrote: »

Heh, it means you're greedy. And only greedy people choose food over broadband

Me bollix

jimmycrackcorm · 21-09-2010 4:02pm

Man cannot live on bread alone!

Where did I hear that before?

Hank_Jones · 21-09-2010 4:12pm

Broadband me hole, these people have obviously never been to college.
Food no matter how terrible, is a necessity.

Broadband more vital than food, Survey

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