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An increasing number of people are buying what they need online. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

#people #outweigh
The bar graph displays the time spent on calls in the U.K. on three modes of communication in the given
period
 from 1995 to 2002.
Overall
,Local calls were the most popular throughout the entire
period
,with national and international calls and calls on mobile second and third respectively.
however
,
minutes
 spent on mobile calls increased dramatically in the whole
period
,
thus
 narrowing the gap between other categories by 2002.
Minutes
 spent on local calls fluctuated throughout the entire
period
 with just over 70
billion
minutes
 in 1995, peaking exactly at 90
billion
minutes
 in 1999
then
 steadily decreasing to just over 70
billion
 in 2002. National and international calls increased steadily year on year,from just under 40
billion
minutes
 in 1995 to a peak of nearly 60
billion
 in 2002.mobile
minutes
 increased rapidly from approximately 3
billion
 in 1995 to around 45
billion
 in 2002.Mobile phone usage nearly doubled from approximately 22
minutes
 in 2000 to 40
billion
 in 2001.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • convenience
  • wide selection
  • competitive prices
  • lack of physical interaction
  • try or test products
  • potential for fraud or scams
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