How long would you last without the internet???

**hollyhill** · 08-22-2009, 11:00 PM

Well.... I just spent 5 and a half weeks of the past 8 weeks without it!

Either the computer wasn't working or just when I finally had a computer we lost our internet! Seems that the internet company upgraded the system so that it was faster, but the problem was that faster system didn't have as far a range ( and we leave pretty far out), so they had to install it closer to us...
the good thing is they are giving me 3 months free internet for the inconvenience they caused.....

Hopefully.... I am back for good....I missed you all...

**Contrary Housewife** · 08-22-2009, 11:59 PM

Not long. As I have no car it is my primary method of communicating with the outside world and checking on news, sales, weather, travel, etc. I use it to keep in touch with all my old friends from high school and college, DH while he is at work, etc.

We do occasionally take a week and go on a trip with no computer, but we are busy doing and seeing things, talking to people face to face, reading real newspapers and such that we don't really miss it.

**frugalwarrior** · 08-23-2009, 12:01 AM

I really enjoy having it. I socialize,shop and find out info but I would prob. be ok.

**fernykins** · 08-23-2009, 12:04 AM

Not long......I'd go crazy without it.....lol
Fern

**zakity** · 08-23-2009, 12:36 AM

I don't even want to consider it. **twitch twitch**

**Surilda** · 08-23-2009, 01:23 AM

Not long at all. I am a complete homebody, except for work &
visiting my Mom. This is my link to the world.

I love to read and read at a lot of sites, but since finding Frugal
Village, I am here the most. So much to learn, and such
knowledge when you have a question!

I pay my credit cards online which is a necessity these days!
Need that confirmation page and number in case they try to
say I am late and get even more money! I have read about
too many people that mailed their payment 2 weeks early &
the credit card company said it was late. So, UP goes your
interest rates and fees abound.

Without my puter, I would be an unorganized mess....

**calimomx2** · 08-23-2009, 02:02 AM

Welcome Back!!

I wouldn't last very long at all!!

**Ocean_Beach_Dweller** · 08-23-2009, 02:03 AM

I wasn't completely without internet, but it was very limited. A few years ago I moved into a new apartment and my roommate and I were slow about getting internet and cable set-up so we didn't have either for about a month. There was a cafe a few blocks away with wireless, but I noticed not having it in my home was an interesting experience. At first I felt as though I might go crazy, I didn't know what to do with myself. Then I became super productive, assembling furniture, cleaning, baking, getting schoolwork done early etc.

It was an interesting experience, and while i'm not opposed to limiting my usage, I don't think I could do without, because as previously mentioned here, I use it for everything.

**ladytoysdream** · 08-23-2009, 06:40 AM

I have a back up computer now.
I have a back up keyboard.
A back up mouse.
A back up monitor.

And I make SURE I pay the bill on time every month.

I had dialup for just just over 9 years. The phone company finally upgraded and I was able to get DSL last year. Still not the fastest connection out there, but I am happy with it.
Over 2 months not getting the right answers from the phone company when I first got hooked up. They had no clue why I could not finish the connection. I had to figure it out with a little help from a local computer tech. My ten year old computer was ( still is ) just fine, even though they told me it wasn't. I finally found this computer at a garage sale trying to do someone else a favor.

Guess I better answer your question .........
would I last long ?........
define *long* ....
well maybe a couple of days at the most...........

**bumplett** · 08-23-2009, 07:38 AM

*twitch*

Sure
*twitch*

I'd be
*twitch*

just fine
*twitch*

<giggle>

**AmyBoz** · 08-23-2009, 08:17 AM

It's funny...I was just thinking about this yesterday. We were out and didn't have the address for something, so I called my Dad and had him look it up online. I started thinking about what we would have done 30 years ago.

Could I survive? Sure. Would I be happy? Absolutely not.

**WV_mom_of2** · 08-23-2009, 08:19 AM

I've gone a year or more without it. And to be honest, if it wasn't for the teens needing it for research papers for school, I'd probably cancel it now. I love email and being able to come to FV but I live way out in the country and the internet doesn't work more than it does. Our area has really really old, outdated phone lines which makes having the internet a problem.

Glad to see you again!

**thesightofoneself** · 08-23-2009, 08:47 AM

not long at all

**Monner 1** · 08-23-2009, 08:52 AM

I would miss it but I am sure I would get more things done around the house if I didn't have it. I guess I would get over it just like any other habit that exists in my life.

Monner

**nuisance26** · 08-23-2009, 10:17 AM

~I've gone for weeks without a computer and internet too. I loved how much time I had for everything else but its' absence made me a bit crazy.
The internet is my weatherman, news center, social club, bank, encyclopedia, fix anything manual, magazine, and discount shopping superstore.
Nice to see you back, holly!