One million cancel broadband as living costs rise
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Re: One million cancel broadband as living costs rise
#2Seems like counterintuitive but then again the article does not mention cellphones which is quite enough for many people.
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#3Seems like counterintuitive but then again the article does not mention cellphones which is quite enough for many people.
Not to mention that a lot of connections are still DSL (misrepresented as "fibre" which is apparently perfectly legal) so in practice a cellular connection may very well be an upgrade.
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#5Or could've been written as "One million start sharing broadband as living costs rise (UK) "
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#6Turns out that as you squeeze the capital out of a segment of society then they will stop being part of capitalism.
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#7Seems like counterintuitive but then again the article does not mention cellphones which is quite enough for many people.
Even 10 years ago I knew people cancelling their broadband to just use mobile internet. It's smart to cancel broadband if you're not streaming video, or if you are streaming but have a fast mobile network connection and decent plan. It probably sucks for any real-time stuff like gaming, but otherwise it makes sense. I don't doubt many people would rather cancel broadband than turn their boiler off.
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#8Another reason to develop mobile first websites and apps, and focus perf testing on both overall page weight and high latency connections.
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#9There will be a whole lot more cancelling, when (if) they actually remove landlines in 2025.
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#10Seems like counterintuitive but then again the article does not mention cellphones which is quite enough for many people.
Not to mention that a lot of connections are still DSL (misrepresented as "fibre" which is apparently perfectly legal) so in practice a cellular connection may very well be an upgrade.
True. But quality metrics differ and no wireless connection that i have seen is an upgrade in terms of jitter and reliability overall a wired one (even dsl)