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http://www.thisislondon.com/til/jsp/modules/Article/print.jsp?itemId=15175667

This is
LONDON
08/12/04 - News and city section

'One in four buys broadband for porn'

Almost one in four people with broadband internet admit signing up in order to download pornography, according to a survey published today.

Faster access to adult entertainment was the second biggest reasons why users installed the technology in their home.

The top reason for getting broadband was to download music from the internet, according to the poll by telephone and internet company Homecall.

More than 5,000 people were questioned face-to-face in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Cardiff and Birmingham earlier this month about their reasons for getting broadband.

A third said it was to download music, 23% to download adult services, 12% for music videos, 9% to listen to online radio, 8% to download movie trailers and 5% to share information with family and friends.

"Broadband in the home has really taken off," a Homecall spokesperson said. "We have been able to keep in touch with family and friends via email on dial-up, but having high speed internet access in the privacy of our own home allows us to use the service for entertainment as well."

Broadband allows access to the internet at up to 10 times faster than existing dial-up connections.

 

[tedtropy]

Oh I'm sure it's way more than that, it's just that many of the guys wussed out and lied by saying "this is going to help so much with my college research".

 

[RevenantKioku]

Oh I'm sure it's way more than that, it's just that many of the guys wussed out and lied by saying "this is going to help so much with my college research".

I never got that whole "better my research" shit. I've been using the internet for years, and for any real research I rarely use the internet.

 

[jenov4]

I'm surprised it's not 99/100!

 

[MrPing1000]

well i got 512k for games.


1mb was more pr0n motivated

 

[Alex Anderson]

One in fourteen hundred actually pays for broadband porn.

 

[Gattsu25]

False

Upgrading to Broadband leads to increased porn viewing
not the other way around

 

[Alex Anderson]

I meant actually spending money on the sites. Most probably just hit up P2P's -- or make do with 20-second preview clips

 

[Seth C]

And the other 3? They do it for piracy.

 

[karasu]

Porn sucks. I'll never understand the obsession with watching other people groove. Living vicariously through another mans penis is screwy.

 

[goodcow]

Porn sucks. I'll never understand the obsession with watching other people groove. Living vicariously through another mans penis is screwy.

Because lots of people won't get a chance to fuck barely 18-year old sluts in all sorts of degrading ways, so they watch it to live it out via fantasy.

 

[bionic77]

Porn sucks. I'll never understand the obsession with watching other people groove. Living vicariously through another mans penis is screwy.

Lesbians.....

 

[UltimateMarioMan]

I got broadband for Anime...

 

[bjork]

I got broadband to play PSO on Xbox.

 

[Doth Togo]

1 in 4 for porn. 3 in 4 for warez.

 

[MIMIC]

1 in 4 for porn. 3 in 4 for warez.

Bingo.

 

[Great King Bowser]

It's probably gonna be way more than that, I mean who admits they got broadband for porn... to a stranger... to their face.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

Porn sucks. I'll never understand the obsession with watching other people groove. Living vicariously through another mans penis is screwy.

Sadly the 5 hot girls next door that like to live and sleep and bathe together while I do their gardening all moved out, so now all I have is this broadband.

 

[Drozmight]

The value of the internet would fall 70% if porn was banned.

 

[blackwind]

One in four buys broadband for porn?

no way!

2 or 3 in four is more likely.

Doink, GAF, Porn, torrents = Internet

 

[Prince of Space]

I got broadband for Anime...

I'm sure they're including hentai in this.