nothin2seehere Posted 5 February 2012 Posted 5 February 2012 Who are me or you to define the fundamental requirements of what you can do with an internet connection? For me, it's check forums, order from eBay/groceries from Tesco and connect to computers at work over a VPN. Amongst other things. For my mum, she wants to log in to MSN and webmail. My wife wants to do Skype to her sisters and friends. If we can't do those "fundamental" things, then no, their connection is largely useless.
DB11 Posted 5 February 2012 Posted 5 February 2012 Who are me or you to define the fundamental requirements of what you can do with an internet connection? For me, it's check forums, order from eBay/groceries from Tesco and connect to computers at work over a VPN. Amongst other things. For my mum, she wants to log in to MSN and webmail. My wife wants to do Skype to her sisters and friends. If we can't do those "fundamental" things, then no, their connection is largely useless. Basic requirements is all I'm on about. We're going round in circles now.
Haydos Posted 5 February 2012 Posted 5 February 2012 Doubling our speed to 100mb in July \o/ And for some reason adding on a bonus 20mb at some point after that.
nothin2seehere Posted 5 February 2012 Posted 5 February 2012 Basic requirements is all I'm on about. We're going round in circles now. Fair enough, I'm getting bored of this topic as there is no way for either of us to win But my last word: basic is relative to the person using the service. Meh. Pork crackling inc. That's a very basic requirement for roast pork
HEGGSY Posted 5 February 2012 Posted 5 February 2012 Fair enough, I'm getting bored of this topic as there is no way for either of us to win But my last word: basic is relative to the person using the service. Meh. Pork crackling inc. That's a very basic requirement for roast pork hmmm Crackling I hope you all appreciate my contribution to this thread
danny. Posted 5 February 2012 Posted 5 February 2012 A basic home need would simply be doing a bit of research, reading web pages without interacting with them. Even using forums and buying things online I wouldn't constitute as a basic need, let alone video streaming. 1998 just called, they said you are out past your curfew and need to come home now.
DB11 Posted 6 February 2012 Posted 6 February 2012 1998 just called, they said you are out past your curfew and need to come home now. No one uses the Internet for basic needs anymore. I agree. But that doesn't mean that basic no longer means basic.
Christoph Posted 7 February 2012 Posted 7 February 2012 I think basic needs has evolved from just reading webpages. Streaming videos is pretty basic tbh.
danny. Posted 7 February 2012 Posted 7 February 2012 No one uses the Internet for basic needs anymore. I agree. But that doesn't mean that basic no longer means basic. Basic means basic, of course, that's just a tautology. Basic, in this sense, is defined by the lowest common denominator of general use, which for almost 100% of people will be far more than reading a text-only webpage, and will include YouTube, Facebook etc.
adam1 Posted 7 February 2012 Posted 7 February 2012 Virgin Boradband. The two main ingredients needed for a world of warcraft profile.
Alexikokopops Posted 7 February 2012 Posted 7 February 2012 Doubling our speed to 100mb in July \o/ And for some reason adding on a bonus 20mb at some point after that. Nah, current 50Mb customers are getting it doubled to 100Mb. Current 100Mb customers are getting it increased to 120Mb and getting their bill reduced a bit. You won't be getting it increased from 50Mb to 100Mb and then to 120Mb.
Haydos Posted 8 February 2012 Posted 8 February 2012 Pretty sure it said that on the letter. Meh, not a huge difference. 100mb will be sick thoughhhh.
AoWW Posted 8 February 2012 Posted 8 February 2012 Can somebody just clarify for me what 'basic' internet requirements means exactly? Thanks.
Rocket-Ron Posted 8 February 2012 Posted 8 February 2012 Can somebody just clarify for me what 'basic' internet requirements means exactly? Thanks. It comes in a white paper bag and has blue writing.
Leicfox Posted 8 February 2012 Posted 8 February 2012 Can somebody just clarify for me what 'basic' internet requirements means exactly? Thanks. This is what you get on basic.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 8 February 2012 Posted 8 February 2012 This is what you get on basic. I'm impressed that you're looking at serious human interest websites.
CKB Posted 13 February 2012 Posted 13 February 2012 I'm missing high speed broadband, since i moved to an area which isn't cable enabled i'm getting max speeds of wait for it..........0.87mbs via ADSL.. Truely rubbish when it even says on the site i should be getting a fixed speed of 2mbs that could rise up to 6mbs at certain times Anything would be better than the joke speeds i'm getting right now
DB11 Posted 14 February 2012 Posted 14 February 2012 I'm missing high speed broadband, since i moved to an area which isn't cable enabled i'm getting max speeds of wait for it..........0.87mbs via ADSL.. Truely rubbish when it even says on the site i should be getting a fixed speed of 2mbs that could rise up to 6mbs at certain times Anything would be better than the joke speeds i'm getting right now Buy one of them USB dongles?
CKB Posted 29 February 2012 Posted 29 February 2012 Buy one of them USB dongles? I thought about that but the monthly allowance isn't great with these dongles
coale39 Posted 29 February 2012 Posted 29 February 2012 I thought about that but the monthly allowance isn't great with these dongles http://store.three.co.uk/view/plan/MBBD21102011T190936?intid=3storembbrbn7 Highest usage i can see at 15gb
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