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09-10-2009, 08:07 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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How long can you live without internet?
How long can you live without the internet? Is there a point where you just about go insane without the internet?
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09-10-2009, 08:12 PM #2is a threadkiller
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3 weeks. I can probably live longer without it.
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09-10-2009, 08:32 PM #3Out there beyond the Wall.
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2 seconds.
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09-10-2009, 08:36 PM #4Web Hosting Guru
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1-2 days.
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09-10-2009, 08:47 PM #5Web Hosting Guru
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I think it really all depends what i'm doing... If i'm on a cruise/vacation I can go a long time.
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09-10-2009, 09:03 PM #6Temporarily Suspended
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2-3 weeks tops i think, managed to do 2 weeks last month on vacation wasnt an easy task.
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09-10-2009, 09:32 PM #7Actively learning French
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I can go an extremely long time. Maybe a couple of months once I have a trusted person handling tings
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09-10-2009, 10:49 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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I lived 3 weeks without the Internet this year. I doubt I could live without the Internet for 2 months.
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09-10-2009, 10:58 PM #9Web Hosting Evangelist
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I can go the other extreme. My wife and I moved to Starkville, MS back at the end of 2002. We left Austin, Tx and left T1 access, which was common in the area at the time.
When we arrived in MS, we were met with 28.8 as the best internet access that we could receive off campus.
I lasted 2 days... and then cancelled service for almost a year until finally the local cable company there caught up with the 21 century.
It was a very horrible experience, but realized that I could do without the internet if that was the best they had to offer. It actually made me realize how much of a part the internet played in our lives at the time, but then gave me a new perspective of how much we really did not need the internet.Mike
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09-10-2009, 11:06 PM #10The Linux Specialist
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Me? probably 8 hours.
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09-10-2009, 11:08 PM #11Grand Nagus
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A weekend (48 hours) would be my max.
After that I'd bring my laptop to the local hippy coffee shop, buy some coffee & pastries, use their WiFiWhat's your budget?
Seriously, what's your budget?
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09-10-2009, 11:38 PM #12Actively learning French
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09-11-2009, 12:08 AM #13Private Citizen
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Seven minutes, I've timed it.
Blackberry flashes and beeps, I'm right back on. Laptop is on 24/7 and ready to go if needed.
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09-11-2009, 01:07 AM #14Retired Moderator
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I can live without internet for however long.
No, but seriously it's not too bad. Everyone should disconnect their computers, turn off the phone, etc. and just go out and have fun once in awhile.
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09-11-2009, 01:09 AM #15Private Citizen
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09-11-2009, 02:09 AM #16Web Host
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I think after about a month the data center would start shutting down my servers for various reasons. After a couple of weeks of that they'll just turn them all off. Chargebacks would start rolling in, merchant account canceled quickly after that. Booted out of my house probably within 6-8 months. As I'm moving, a particularly stalkative former customer finds me in the driveway and shoots me.
So long story short - probably 7 months.
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09-11-2009, 02:16 AM #17Newbie
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09-11-2009, 02:59 AM #18Newbie
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Well of course we wouldn't die without the internet. It may be a bit inconvenient and a lot of people would lose their jobs and have to work and burger king or something. Just imagine, before internet we had bulletin board systems and before that, we had like cavemen or something....
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09-11-2009, 03:03 AM #19Private Citizen
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The world as we know it would not function without it. It is a living part of our world, we went from 2~ billion people back in the fifties to about 7~ billion people now. We need connectivity to support our habits, however short lived they may be.
Some people rely on it more than others, and some people are more addicted. *cough* me *cough*
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09-11-2009, 04:33 AM #20Web Hosting Master
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09-11-2009, 05:04 AM #21Newbie
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The internet is a great tool and I use it for business so it's only really when I'm on vacation that I don't need to use it. Even then I need to check up on things from time to time.
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09-11-2009, 05:20 AM #22Web Hosting Master
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Probably no more than 5 minutes. Wow I am very social ain't I
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09-11-2009, 08:14 AM #23Web Hosting Guru
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I personally don't believe that I even need the internet. As long as I have my phone I'm good to go
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09-11-2009, 08:14 AM #24Support Facility
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Its depends, but nowadays we are so much addicted and habited to it that it might be panicking to live without it for while.
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09-11-2009, 09:09 AM #25Private Citizen
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