Would you consider it odd if someone didnt have the internet at home?

Cú Giobach · 15-08-2011 08:26AM

According to this 3,042,600 people here used the interweb last year, this probably includes people who use it at work or in a cafe and don't have it at home, so it's not really odd for people not to have it.
In fact using these figures if you consider it "odd" for someone not to have it, then you should also consider the number of people with a Dublin accent as a bit of an anomaly in Ireland as a whole

MitchKoobski · 15-08-2011 11:06AM

At the moment, no.
In a year or two, yes.

I'd consider it odd if they didn't have broadband OR a tv, but plenty of people just have one or the other. Majority of people with a good broadband connection these days just download their tv shows or watch them online.

OneArt · 15-08-2011 11:14AM

When I first moved away from home I lived without TV and Internet, mainly because Irish TV is sh!te and I just got DVDs/used a hard drive. Internet never happened because the companies said we weren't staying in our apartment long enough. It was grand because I used the college Internet though.

Have both TV and Internet in my new apartment... It's a flatshare and for me the TV's a bit redundant because everything's in German. I know I should be trying to improve my language skills but when I come home from work I want to watch something in a language I don't have to concentrate on, I spend all day at work speaking German anyway!

Frank Black · 15-08-2011 11:16AM

If they were young enough to use it and affluent enough to afford it then I'd consider it pretty odd if someone didn't have access to the internet at home. In fact I'd think they were a bit backward.

pragmatic1 · 15-08-2011 12:17PM

Yeah complete weirdos. Like omg.

Latchy · 15-08-2011 01:21PM

Kaneda_ wrote: »

If someone told you they didnt have a TV at home, people might be a small bit suprised.

Is the same true with the Internet?

No , not in the least and I dont understand this thing about not having it on your phone ,like it was some sort of social fas paux ( maybe it is with some people ) but I am over 40 .

briany · 15-08-2011 05:43PM

If someone told you they didnt have a TV at home, people might be a small bit suprised.

Is the same true with the Internet?

I suppose telling someone you don't/won't have a TV in the house would be much like being in a pub and telling them you're a pioneer.

"Oh..."

"Really?"

"Well good for you, man, good for you."

"You're blocking the way to the bar, narc."

Azureus · 15-08-2011 05:45PM

Nah, I didnt have t'inernet at home for ages! Money mainly, and Im on it all day in work so like a break.
Got it recently but just cuz was cheap as part of a package

Seachmall · 15-08-2011 05:47PM

I'd do away with the TV, washing machine and microwave before I got rid of the internet.

No joke.

Magic Beans · 15-08-2011 05:49PM

You can get the internet on computers now I hear.

Saila · 15-08-2011 05:56PM

drives me mad when people put they have internet on their home adds, but when you get there its the type you can hear, should just be changed to broadband yes/no, makes finding a place much easier:mad: :rolleyes:

Would you consider it odd if someone didnt have the internet at home?

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