Dependence on Technology
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@scottalanmiller said:
Most people will think that Facebook messaging is a form of email and that email is a form of social media.
They do?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
LandLine - as to your questions about VOIP or copper - I'm assuming it means the use of a traditional telephone in the home, which would include VOIP if that's tied into your typical home phone. But again, these are crazy questions that need more information before you gather any meaningful information from the data.
Yeah, but landline doesn't MEAN that. If you have a landline over VoIP, would you even know? To a normal user, a landline is a phone to their house rather than their cell phone. Maybe to IT people we would just to the POTS conclusion, but that is not what the question asks nor what non-technical people would even be able to determine.
You're right to a non-technical person Laneline means your normal home phone. I know I am using VOIP, because Cox home telephone service is VOIP converted to copper in the home.
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@quicky2g said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
They mentioned keeping one and losing the other. They don't make sense to ask separately.
They do?
Are you saying that asking if losing the Internet includes phones? Or that losing email is because they lost the Internet?
And where did they find people with consistent ideas as to what they were answering? Most people will think that Facebook messaging is a form of email and that email is a form of social media. Maybe they are. So how does one answer?
I always wonder where they find these people too. Can't remember a time when I was ever asked for input on major survey results that come out on the internet or news. Is there like 100 people that just sit in a room all day and answer surveys???
Pretty much... there are services where you literally get paid for sitting and answering surveys... a buddy got his drinking money in college doing that.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Why are the lengths of the bars different? There was nothing to indicate what the length indicated. Seems fishy.
Think I just figured it out. If you read the small print they had 1,006 adults in the survey but not all of them matched each category so the pool of answers was less for some.
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@quicky2g said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
They mentioned keeping one and losing the other. They don't make sense to ask separately.
They do?
Are you saying that asking if losing the Internet includes phones? Or that losing email is because they lost the Internet?
And where did they find people with consistent ideas as to what they were answering? Most people will think that Facebook messaging is a form of email and that email is a form of social media. Maybe they are. So how does one answer?
I always wonder where they find these people too. Can't remember a time when I was ever asked for input on major survey results that come out on the internet or news. Is there like 100 people that just sit in a room all day and answer surveys???
It's all like random unemployed people.
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@quicky2g said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Why are the lengths of the bars different? There was nothing to indicate what the length indicated. Seems fishy.
Think I just figured it out. If you read the small print they had 1,006 adults in the survey but not all of them matched each category so the pool of answers was less for some.
Maybe.... but that would make for a very misleading chart. Of course, that was the idea.
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
LandLine - as to your questions about VOIP or copper - I'm assuming it means the use of a traditional telephone in the home, which would include VOIP if that's tied into your typical home phone. But again, these are crazy questions that need more information before you gather any meaningful information from the data.
Yeah, but landline doesn't MEAN that. If you have a landline over VoIP, would you even know? To a normal user, a landline is a phone to their house rather than their cell phone. Maybe to IT people we would just to the POTS conclusion, but that is not what the question asks nor what non-technical people would even be able to determine.
You're right to a non-technical person Laneline means your normal home phone. I know I am using VOIP, because Cox home telephone service is VOIP converted to copper in the home.
These days, tons of people are on VoIP and have no idea. Maybe half!
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
LandLine - as to your questions about VOIP or copper - I'm assuming it means the use of a traditional telephone in the home, which would include VOIP if that's tied into your typical home phone. But again, these are crazy questions that need more information before you gather any meaningful information from the data.
Yeah, but landline doesn't MEAN that. If you have a landline over VoIP, would you even know? To a normal user, a landline is a phone to their house rather than their cell phone. Maybe to IT people we would just to the POTS conclusion, but that is not what the question asks nor what non-technical people would even be able to determine.
You're right to a non-technical person Laneline means your normal home phone. I know I am using VOIP, because Cox home telephone service is VOIP converted to copper in the home.
These days, tons of people are on VoIP and have no idea. Maybe half!
It totally makes since, why manage two separate networks if you don't absolutely need to.
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
LandLine - as to your questions about VOIP or copper - I'm assuming it means the use of a traditional telephone in the home, which would include VOIP if that's tied into your typical home phone. But again, these are crazy questions that need more information before you gather any meaningful information from the data.
Yeah, but landline doesn't MEAN that. If you have a landline over VoIP, would you even know? To a normal user, a landline is a phone to their house rather than their cell phone. Maybe to IT people we would just to the POTS conclusion, but that is not what the question asks nor what non-technical people would even be able to determine.
You're right to a non-technical person Laneline means your normal home phone. I know I am using VOIP, because Cox home telephone service is VOIP converted to copper in the home.
These days, tons of people are on VoIP and have no idea. Maybe half!
It totally makes since, why manage two separate networks if you don't absolutely need to.
I think some of these old school voice guys still want a security blanket where they don't have to think about a data network. Guess I can understand to a degree but you have to keep evolving to stay relevant.
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@quicky2g said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
LandLine - as to your questions about VOIP or copper - I'm assuming it means the use of a traditional telephone in the home, which would include VOIP if that's tied into your typical home phone. But again, these are crazy questions that need more information before you gather any meaningful information from the data.
Yeah, but landline doesn't MEAN that. If you have a landline over VoIP, would you even know? To a normal user, a landline is a phone to their house rather than their cell phone. Maybe to IT people we would just to the POTS conclusion, but that is not what the question asks nor what non-technical people would even be able to determine.
You're right to a non-technical person Laneline means your normal home phone. I know I am using VOIP, because Cox home telephone service is VOIP converted to copper in the home.
These days, tons of people are on VoIP and have no idea. Maybe half!
It totally makes since, why manage two separate networks if you don't absolutely need to.
I think some of these old school voice guys still want a security blanket where they don't have to think about a data network. Guess I can understand to a degree but you have to keep evolving to stay relevant.
More of a "they want a job since they aren't IT guys."
