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Everything Changes in Time..Nan Bosler

Everything Changes in Time..Nan Bosler

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Nan Bosler is one of Australia's experts in the way that older Australians use digital communications and computers. Nan says “Older Australians are changing all the time. I think all age groups are, but this digital age, is really very attractive for a lot of older people. We can communicate in ways we never thought possible before, and if you can keep in touch with family and friends with things like Skype. That brand new great grandchild is not a letter three weeks after the child's born. You can actually be right there and part of the whole thing.”

Nan encourages older Australians to embrace digital technology. She says “I think it's really important that we can keep up with what's available for us. I know a lot of us are hesitant and I can understand that quite easily. We also like options. So we find something that suites us, we learn a little bit more about it. We realize we don't know much at all, and then we try and find a little bit of help. It might be through a seniors computer club with Australian Senior Computer Club Associations or a Broadband for Seniors kiosk. It's a fabulous government program running to provide free access to internet training for older Australians. There's a tech savvy program in NSW.

There are stacks of ways that you can have to get help. Not so sure about the youngsters though. Sometimes they're a little bit too quick, and they seem to understand it just intuitively. So, you know, if I were to say to a, to a grandchild, how do you do such and such? They'd say, oh, it's easy Nana, this, this, this, this, and the other”

Nan says her favorite device is her computer. She says “I like emails and I love searching the Internet. Research shows that about a quarter of Australians aged over 65 have a fixed line phone only, no mobile. Nan says we like our land lines but many seniors actually do have a mobile phone charged up at the bottom of their bag. We don't use it much. It's there in case we need it and we just don't tell anyone we've got one.

Nan says the seniors love affair with the fixed line telephone will change. “Everything changes in time, and that's for all age groups, not just older people. There are several of my grandchildren who don't have a landline anymore, they only have mobile devices.  Find your local computer club at ascca.org.au

 

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George
George from NSW commented:

QUOTE FROM THE ARTICLE: "many seniors actually do have a mobile phone charged up at the bottom of their bag. We don't use it much. It's there in case we need it and we just don't tell anyone we've got one." If you rarely use your mobile phone stay away from RIPOFF providers whose call credits expire every month or so. Go with ALDI MOBILE whose call credits last a WHOLE YEAR and you won't be paying anything for that whole year instead of some RIPOFF monthly charge for expiring call credits. I'm at a total loss as to why fiftyupclub has not mentioned ALDI MOBILE, do they have secret deals with the ripoff providers? Here is the link https://www.aldimobile.com.au/ 

Edward Stewart
Edward Stewart from QLD commented:

Further to Fixed-lines and Mobile phones. Fixed Line with Telstra has the advantage that in a Power Outage, it still works. With NBN and fibre and only Mobile I doubt you'll have a Landline connection and at the price of Mobile Calls your best option would be Skype or Equivalent on the Mobile and Dial the number. I use this as a second phone if I need to phone out and the Landline is being used. Works for me. This also is what I use for International calls. The problem is created when my friends overseas have been bombarded by these Indian-sounding pests telling you that your computer is sending Error Messages and they are from Microsoft Service Centre, that many at home have International Calls either Blocked or ignored. Nowadays I Ignore international calls that would not be coming from a reasonable hour from the UK. Saves me wasting time giving these idiots a hard time. "Which Computer". "The one you are using". I have 5 computers on-line, which one is sending the errors" and so on. Gets them very confused and upset if I have time, it is amusing to a certain degree. 

Edward Stewart
Edward Stewart from QLD commented:

Interesting. I have been using Personal Computers since buying a second hand Dick Smith's 'System 80' in 1988 so am reasonably well up with it. 

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