Domestic web connection joins holidays, mobile phones and fridge-freezer among necessities of modern life, Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds.
A computer and an internet connection at home are no longer viewed as luxuries but as essentials, according to research published today. The latest Minimum Income Standard report released by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the social research charity, gauges what members of the public think people need to achieve a “socially acceptable standard of living”.
Participants decided that a computer and internet access at home were now vital for all working-age households to enable people “to participate in society”, both to access job opportunities and to get discounts on services.
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