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In the latest global survey conducted by Reader’s Digest, 11 of 15 countries say they’d turn off the TV before they’d silence their mobile phone or log off the internet.

Women, especially, will forgo their favourite shows, voting to do so by a greater percentage than men in all but four countries.

Younger respondents are more likely to take a pass on TV, but older folks don’t necessarily shun the online experience.

In Singapore, not a single person over 45 voted to stop surfing.

Amazingly, Brazil is the only nation to pick the internet (and by such a huge margin). Brazil has some of the lowest rate or internet use worldwide, with just 35 users per 100 people. (The US and UK both have 72) Brazil’s cost to hook up is also high, about $26 a month, compared with $7.40 in Germany.

Funny, Americans voted to give up TV, yet sit in front of the flat screen for an average of 4 hours, 37 minutes a day. But if the decision had been made by respondents over 45, the mobile phone would have gotten the boot instead.

Meanwhile, Canadians pay some of the highest rates for their mobile phone plans, which maybe why they have the lowets number of mobile phone users among the Western countries polled.

Source: Reader’s Digest Magazine
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