Senior Netizens

2017-05-18

I was perusing an item on CNN tech ... about the only thing on CNN with any relevance to my life until that moment they just "fake" it like they do most of the other news.

The article spoke of a third of senior citizens not using the internet ... which certainly rings true for me.

A new survey from the Pew Research Center evaluating how digitally connected adults over 65 claim to be. Seniors comprise some 15% of the U.S. population which works out to about 46 million old farts making about 5% of us steering clear of the internet according to the study.

Pew says that the demographic has been increasing with added smart phones with about half of seniors not even having broadband. I'll bet the rest of them have some crappy half assed broadband like Roadrunner Lite or something equally lame.

You would think that Spectrum might be aware of the fact that their business class customers are watching how they treat their mothers and look out for our seniors better than they do. Alas, they are content to ignore them and I'm content to drop Spectrum like a hot potato as soon as my contract is up.

So anyway, in the presence of this study, based on a number of surveys from the recent past we can surmise that the bulk of the older crowd is pretty well connected (or at least think they are) and rest assured I'm sidestepping those lame limitations imposed by Roadrunner at Mom's house as we speak.