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Seems like both the article and many commenters here are overlooking the fact that most people have cheap mobile data plans. For most people's use cases (read:
by raydev 3y ago
Seems like both the article and many commenters here are overlooking the fact that most people have cheap mobile data plans. For most people's use cases (read: not readers here) that's enough.
Most people living in cities and even most suburban areas have great coverage, so why bother paying for a landline?
- thom 3y agoWhile that’s a valid point, the Citizens Advice Bureau survey (which was conducted via an agency called Walnut Unlimited) asked follow up questions about negative consequences because of cancelling broadband and it was somewhat clear people’s quality of life suffered (12% of people said they cut back or cancelled broadband and experienced at least one negative consequence such as finding it harder to manage bills etc). https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/wales/about-us/about-us1/media/press-releases/one-million-lose-broadband-access-as-cost-of-living-crisis-bites/ https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/wales/about-us/about-us1/m...