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Ask Slashdot: Living Without Internet At-Home Access?

Posted by timothy on from the you-thought-your-uncle-was-weird dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I've decided that the internet is no longer a positive influence on my life, and am interested in canceling my service. In the interest of not forgoing all digital conveniences, I plan to set up a small intranet, hosting a few resources that I think I'd like to have access to on a regular basis (e.g. a text dump of Wikipedia). I'll also still have access to the internet at my office, and have easy access to public Wi-Fi at libraries and coffee shops. My questions are thus: Does anybody have any experience living without the internet? What major nuisances did you encounter? What resources should I put on my intranet? Is there anything I'm overlooking?"

7 of 462 comments (clear)

  1. Try it out for yourself. by MiddleHitter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think the best thing to do is simply try it for a while. This is as easy as unplugging the physical connection to your ISP. Deal with issues as the come up.

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    I don't fear computers, I fear the lack of them. -I. Asimov
  2. Wrong Place? by froggymana · · Score: 5, Insightful

    [quote] Does anybody have any experience living without the internet? [/quote]

    Is the *internet* really the best place to ask this question?

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    "To prevent this day from getting any worse, I'll just read ERROR as GOOD THING" 1GJU8xLuDKDxEs4KLf8fAGyptoDsqvEsBT
  3. Re:No Carrier by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Exactly. The first step if you want to prepare for living without an internet: Learn to figure out this sort of stuff without asking about it online.

    Besides, it's not the internet that is your problem. The problem isn't your ability to read news, do banking, etc. online but that you waste your time by doing things you shouldn't do. Canceling your internet as a time management method is like realizing that you drove drunk last night and deciding that your problem is the car ownership. If you can't channel your time to something more productive even after realizing the problem, you have a lot bigger issues than the time wasting itself.

  4. Posting on Slashdot? by goodmanj · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You want to go off the Internet, so your first instinct for advice is to POST TO SLASHDOT?

    A) You've come to the wrong place.
    B) You'll never make it anyway.

  5. Also this is not the audience you want. by ChinggisK · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Does anybody have any experience living without the internet?

    Yes, but those people can't see your post to Slashdot.

  6. Been there, done that, so true. by dazedNconfuzed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Those of us born before 1985 or so can remember we LIVED WITHOUT INTERNET. We got by just fine. We went to libraries and subscribed to periodicals and bought books for information. We wrote letters on paper, used stamps, and waited days for mail turnaround. We read National Geographic for education and other activities. We survived, we liked it, we didn't notice much missing.
    No 'net?
    Been there.
    Done that.
    Was nice.
    Don't wanna go back.
    Pity the person who does.

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    Can we get a "-1 Wrong" moderation option?
  7. Re:Obvious by sco08y · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Which shouldn't be a reason to get rid of the internet. It should be a reason to go get laid so you stop obsessing about it. A) Get a hooker. OR B) screw your wife/girlfriend. If shes not willing, see A). OR C) Go out and find a girlfriend. If you can't get one see A).

    Best: D) get a girlfriend / wife / hooker who actually likes sex and likes watching porn.