be used to

[Polyester]

Is the following sentence correct?

Wireless Internet and mobile phones now mean we were constantly available - even at home or on the beach.

 

[Polyester]

If I use "be used to" here, is it correct now?

Wireless Internet and mobile phones now mean we are used to being constantly available - even at home or on the beach.

 

[Rollercoaster1]

If I use "be used to" here, is it correct now?

Wireless Internet and mobile phones now mean we are used to being constantly available - even at home or on the beach.

Perhaps, this is better 'Wireless internet and smartphones now have us connected at homes, restaurants, and beaches'.

 

[GoesStation]

Perhaps, this is better 'Wireless internet and smartphones now have us connected at homes, restaurants, and beaches'.

It's not wrong, but it's not better.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

If I use "be used to" here, is it correct now?

Wireless Internet and mobile phones now mean we are used to being constantly available - even at home or on the beach.

It's correct and natural.

 

[Tarheel]

If I use "be used to" here, is it correct now?

Wireless Internet and mobile phones now mean we are used to being constantly available - whether at home or on the beach..

 

[tedmc]

Wireless internet and mobile phones now mean we are[STRIKE] used to being[/STRIKE] constantly available/accessible - whether at home or on the beach.

There is no need to say "used to being".

 

[emsr2d2]

I might use "used to being ..." if I were comparing one situation with another.

I'm so used to being online all the time that it was a real shock to get to my holiday home to find there was no signal!

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

There is no need to say "used to being".

It helps. It's used to in the sense of accustomed to.

The point isn't that we're constantly available. It's that we've become used to it, accustomed to it.