Ken Rigsby got it spot on when he
mocked the ‘Joneses’ for always
wanting faster broadband (The Final
Straw, Issue 470). He made me think
about my old neighbours, who were
‘super’ Joneses – ie, they had to have the
latest of everything, even though most of
the time they had no idea how to use
these new devices. They were the first to
have a DVD player, the first to have a
digital camera, and made sure everyone
knew about it.
Once, they invited me round to try
their new BT ‘Affinity’ broadband (they
couldn’t even get the name right!). Did
they download HD films with it, or
stream videos to tablets? Nope – they just
looked at photos of cats and babies on
Facebook. Hardly worth £30 a month
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