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Now We Have the Internet, But Why Do We Need It?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the for-porn-and-video-games-of-course dept.

ReLik writes "BBC News is reporting on a survey carried out on the statistics of internet users in the UK, 'While the battle for digital access is being won, we now face a struggle to convince everyone the net is worth using' said Professor Richard Rose, of the Oxford Internet Institute. It begs the question why goverments around the world are encouraging everyone to use the internet, but is there really enough of a reason for everybody to need to? Is the internet suitable for everybody? Will it ever be?"

3 of 340 comments (clear)

  1. Simple by Tyrdium · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's an endless supply of pr0n!

  2. The Internet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Internet is a medium, being neither rare nor well done.

  3. More +1, Insightful than +1, Funny by s20451 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Several years ago, demand for broadband was basically driven by demand for pornography -- just like the demand for early VCRs.

    Pornography is like the space program, we love to have it, it's hard to justify, and sometimes there are spinoff benefits for everyone not involved in it.

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