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Looking at the infographic[0], it appears be down to advantage/privilege. These people would have less capital resources to be able to afford service and, of co
by maxheadroom 7y ago
Looking at the infographic[0], it appears be down to advantage/privilege. These people would have less capital resources to be able to afford service and, of course, those living in rural areas would have a much higher propensity to not have the utilities offered in their area(1).
(1) - Added to that should be the consideration that the current design of much of the internet infers that it would be futile to attempt to access it over dial-up.
[0] - https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/FT_19.04.22_NonInternetUsers_bar.png https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/FT_19...
- troydavis 7y agoIn that infographic, age seems to be as strongly correlated as income or education, if not more strongly. 0% of those age 18-29 (of any income or education) don’t use the Internet.
- maxheadroom 7y agoAye, I concede that it probably also constitutes confusion around the definition of "use of internet". As another commenter pointed out, Thailand's statistics are askewed with 45% saying they use Facebook but only something like 36% saying that they have internet. Mobile Phone connectivity, for example, mightn't fall under people's definition of "using the internet"; so, there is that consideration to be made.
- lozenge 7y agoI don't know about Thailand but in the Philippines many phone plans only offer a few sites.