I am not E-unengaged

According to BBC News, all households in Britain have been classified into 23 "e-types" depending on their access to technology. These E-types include mobile explorers, the e-committed (who, presumably have to live in an e-Asylum (also known as World of Warcraft - ha! ha!)) and rational utilitatians.

Every postcode in Britain has been assigned a classification which people can check online to see if they agree with researcher's analysis.

So I checked...

And I am so insulted!!

I entered in my postcode and received the following information:

About your neighbourhood
Your neighbourhood is categorised in the E-Society classification as being in group A : E-unengaged and type A06 : Elderly marginalised. Full descriptions are below.

Group A: E-Unengaged

The ‘E – unengaged’ are typically groups that do not have access to electronic communications or technologies. Most are too old, too poor or too poorly educated to be able to access them, and instead traditionally rely upon personal contacts they trust for advice. Within this Group there are low levels of literacy and many people do not feel that their life outcomes are much subject to their own decisions. Within this group there is a very low level of ownership of personal computers, very little access to them at work and little ambition to master the skills necessary to take advantage of information technologies. Unsurprisingly, these people have a very low level of using email at any location (home, work and other locations) or participating in other on-line activities.

Members of this Group tend to live in the poorer areas of traditional mining and manufacturing towns and to have conservative social attitudes. A high proportion of the Group is made up of elderly people, many of whom live in social housing or sheltered accommodation.

Type A06 : Elderly marginalised
This Type consists mostly of very elderly adults, many living on their own, who have very poor levels of access to electronic technology. Technology seems to be moving on at a rate faster than they can keep up with – for this Type, mobile phones and cable television are still novelties, never mind personal computers and the Internet.

Cheeky fuckers, eh?
Basically anyone who lives in my postcode wears vests, reads tabloid newspapers eats chips 24/7. The Swines!!! I have emailed them to inform them of their error, and will email them from my Wi-Fi network at home too...
Cheeky twats

Who the fuck does Professor Paul Longley, who led the study at UCL, think he is!!?
Southern Shandy Drinking Rent Boy!