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Porn: Broadband's Killer App
1 in 4 UK users upgraded for one reason...
(old news - 02:04PM Wednesday Dec 08 2004)
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A new UK study indicates one in four customers signed up for broadband to download more pornography. The number one reason customers migrated to broadband was music, followed closely by adult entertainment, then music videos. Meanwhile in Japan, condom makers recently blamed broadband and pornography for a continuing decline in condom sales.

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Jaime
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join:2001-06-03
Huntington Beach, CA

Why buy videos..

when you can download them from your chair? I hope the porn industry thrives and makes the US companies roll out fiber so all the horny adults can get their streaming porn.

53059959
Temp banned from BBR more then anyone

join:2002-10-02
PwnZone

Re: Why buy videos..

lol reminds me of a futurama episode where they mention how the internet is only used for porn in the future.

mark1984

@stmarytx.edu

Re: Why buy videos..

more specifically, it mentioned that the internet was only used for porn back in 2000 and that it still is only used for porn in 3000 :P. That was in 1x08 "a big piece of garbage", i believe.

FLECOM
Bay Networks Freak
Premium
join:2003-03-03
Miami, FL

Re: Why buy videos..

no the episode they go on the internet was:

Futurama - 02-13 - 2ACV09 - A Bicyclops Built For Two
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Bluexenon

join:2004-05-27
OMG..Japanese condom manufacturers are blaming broadband for decline sale in condoms??? I dunno about anyone here, but good ol sex can beat a lame ass porn movie anyday.

reaver221

join:2003-05-08
Cincinnati, OH
Streaming porn? No good! They always make you pay out your ass for stuff like that. Now, high quality downloadable movies ... maybe Xvid ... that's where it's at.

ukukuk

@ntl.com

cant speak for the other 3 but i moved to bb cos dial up was slow....i had dial up for a week then upgraded straightaway to bb cable. that was 2 yrs ago, now all i do is download erm movie cough trailers, yes thats it trailers and pc gaming, gotta love css,
although i do get a bit of lesbo porn for the comfy nights in with the missus

F walker
Hey Intern, Get Me A Campari
Premium
join:2003-04-10
Anchorage, AK
clubs:

Well DUHHHHH!

Are you able to use the internet for anything other than porn? ... j/k:D but if millions of perverts advance the web, I am ok with that! As long as comcast eventually gives me more upstream bandwidth...
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Jim Gurd
Premium
join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI
·Comcast

Re: Well DUHHHHH!

said by F walker See Profile:

but if millions of perverts advance the web, I am ok with that!
That's how the VCR became mainstream.

Speedy8
Premium
join:2002-08-22
Alliance, OH
clubs:

Re: Well DUHHHHH!

said by Jim Gurd See Profile:

said by F walker See Profile:


but if millions of perverts advance the web, I am ok with that!
That's how the VCR became mainstream.
I'm sure it hasn't hurt digicam sales either.
ParanoiaInc

join:2002-08-28
Tucker, GA

said by F walker See Profile:

Are you able to use the internet for anything other than porn? ... j/k:D but if millions of perverts advance the web, I am ok with that! As long as comcast eventually gives me more upstream bandwidth...
Why, are you a porn provider? If you are, I wouldn't look down upon your efforts. LOL

Maybe they should invent Pornband Interconnectivity.
BarneyBadAss
Badasses Fight For Freedom
Premium
join:2004-05-07
00001

Re: Well DUHHHHH!

Hummmm... now there's a thought... anyone have a venture capitalist in thier back pocket???:o
VirtualLarry
Premium
join:2003-08-01

said by ParanoiaInc See Profile:

Maybe they should invent Pornband Interconnectivity.
You mean FTTH - Filth To The Home? :P

click_310
Eat my shorts

join:2002-12-06
Savannah, GA

Re: Well DUHHHHH!

said by VirtualLarry See Profile:

You mean FTTH - Filth To The Home? :P
One persons 'Filth' is another's 'favourite passtime'
DirtyMic

join:2003-11-19
Pompano Beach, FL
More upstream bandwidth to run a porn server ?
russotto

join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA

Porn and the Religious Right.

So porn leads to less sex, AND less use of condoms during sex? Wow, now the Religious Right can finally get with the program and start supporting porn instead of opposing it.

E_V
Premium
join:2000-09-29
Vancouver, BC
clubs:

Re: Porn and the Religious Right.

Wonder why gaming wasn't in that report?
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BonezX
Basement Dweller
Premium
join:2004-04-13
Canada

Re: Porn and the Religious Right.

not many people upgrade to play games, and this is uk based which is mostly dsl so that kills allot of the gamers that live outside the co
ParanoiaInc

join:2002-08-28
Tucker, GA

Re: Porn and the Religious Right.

said by BonezX See Profile:

not many people upgrade to play games, and this is uk based which is mostly dsl so that kills allot of the gamers that live outside the co
Tell that to Bellsouth FastAccess when their commercials use gaming as a justification for their XtremeDSL. Of course, they couldn't use porn as an excuse.
BarneyBadAss
Badasses Fight For Freedom
Premium
join:2004-05-07
00001

Re: Porn and the Religious Right.

Um... fast access.. isn't that a lady in a short skirt with no panties???

biggbrother
Premium
join:2001-11-07
Providence, RI

said by BonezX See Profile:

not many people upgrade to play games, and this is uk based which is mostly dsl so that kills allot of the gamers that live outside the co
huh!!??

»XBox Live Traffic Quadruples
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EdibleTarget
Real Gamers Dont Use Consoles

join:2004-12-02
Lowell, MA

Re: Porn and the Religious Right.

xbox live traffic quadrupling doesnt say it comes anywhere near the use of porn.

that means that theres 4 times as much people playing, which compared to porn watchers isnt much at all.
Skippy25

join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
Your crazy. Games drives the hardware industry and now online games pretty much drive the broadband industry.

Especially in the beginning. Without online games this country would probably still have 85% of it's users on AOL and dialup.

garagerock
Premium
join:2002-06-14
Louisville, KY

Re: Porn and the Religious Right.

said by Skippy25 See Profile:

Your crazy. Games drives the hardware industry and now online games pretty much drive the broadband industry.

Especially in the beginning. Without online games this country would probably still have 85% of it's users on AOL and dialup.
Ah, to be young and free again...all those business customers can't be gaming all day, could they?
sat

join:2001-01-25
WA
because gamers go LAN?
karlj1

join:2004-01-25
Ottawa, ON

What do you think, is there more illegal music or porn on the net? Also if people are downloading porn, why isn't the porn industry suing? You think people ran from music industry lawsuits, heck most people would sell their everything but the dog to make a very-public porn lawsuit go away.
BarneyBadAss
Badasses Fight For Freedom
Premium
join:2004-05-07
00001
·Verizon FIOS

Re: So will the porn Industry sue now...?

Porn isn't illegal... infact.. getting into a porn site is fairly hard.... by comparison to other places that require a subscription... Gezzzzz... they are there to do one thing and one thing only... to seperate you and your money in as short period of time:D
VirtualLarry
Premium
join:2003-08-01

said by karlj1 See Profile:

What do you think, is there more illegal music or porn on the net? Also if people are downloading porn, why isn't the porn industry suing? You think people ran from music industry lawsuits, heck most people would sell their everything but the dog to make a very-public porn lawsuit go away.
Actually, a few years back, there were a few lawsuits leveled by high-profile ("well-known", aka Playboy and the rest) pr0n web sites, at people that were re-publishing their copyrighted photographs on Usenet without permission. This was before most of the picture groups were swamped in spam. Don't really recall what happened, haven't been to a pictures group in a while.
BarneyBadAss
Badasses Fight For Freedom
Premium
join:2004-05-07
00001
Festivus.. it's simple.. they didn't want to include a section where folks described what game they play that involves using thier "JoyStick"

E_V
Premium
join:2000-09-29
Vancouver, BC
clubs:

Re: Porn and the Religious Right.

Stripzella? *blink*

ArchAngel21x
MacFan Pro
Premium
join:2001-10-28
Lincoln, NE

Re: Porn and the Religious Right.

I just love it when you talk dirty.
cevans59
Premium
join:2003-08-14
Smithton, IL

said by russotto See Profile:

So porn leads to less sex
Wow and I always thought it was just the opposite. Oh they meant sex with other people

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ross

join:2000-08-16
You mean they can finally come out of the closet and acknowledge their history of avid clandestine support of porn.

xdeadhead
220, 221, Whatever It Takes.
Premium
join:2000-11-08
Mechanicsburg, PA

pr0n...it's whats for dinner.

cant wait til FIOS....mmmmmm 15mbps xxx asian hotties.

Luker3

join:2004-10-09
Blacksburg, VA

Re: pr0n...it's whats for dinner.

And when the survey was asked, you have to put in the other amounts. Such as; cover up, lying, not ONLY reason they decided to upgrade.

I can't perticually remember, did they ever map the internet based on catagory of site?

BodyBumper

join:2004-06-21
Beverly Hills, CA

Why is her teeth so red in that pic...

and my my what huge lips.

cork1958
Cork

join:2000-02-26
Fruitport, MI
·Verizon Online DSL
·Charter Pipeline

My bro!!

I think it was the only reason my brother upgraded to DSL. Also the reason I have to constantly go over there and remove spyware and virus'. Then he asks me, "Where that come from?" Duh!!
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