If people are broke, they can't access the Internet

A lot of people these days work at home and the internet is more or less ESSENTIAL to their income.

I cut down driving places instead of walking and nonessential foodstuffs .

I'm never giving up my internet.

Pretty sure I'm not alone on that one.

(*edit - Big Brother insists on proper spelling!)



[edit on 5/30/09 by GENERAL EYES]

There's always the library. You can do just about anything there.

If it weren't for sitting in front of this stupid machine all day at work I'd never be online.

If I suddenly lost all access my life wouldn't change very much. What would I miss besides the constant bombardment of bad news?

When I step back and consider what I do online that is actually productive it amounts to just about nothing.

Most of the "internet" is just a worthless amusement park you wouldn't visit unless one of your friends dragged you along but since I'm here in a cube sitting in front of it I may as well go on a few rides.

Weeeeeeeeeee.........

The convenience factor is nice though. Need a recipe? Got a question? Need directions? You can get what you need in seconds. Then you sit and waste 2 hours looking at LOL cats or Twittering about the ginormous dump you just took.

reply to post by MR BOB


I realize my post was confusing.

The antenna is mounted to the roof of my house.

I do not need any such antenna in the car.

Edit to add

$75 is very little considering I have my choice of broadband networks and IPs. I have had the antenna for over two years and it has served me very well.

[edit on 30-5-2009 by FrankWhite222]

My personal internet connection at my home costs $25 a month. Im guaranteed to spend $25 a month on internet. I would have to be very poor before I decided that it was too expensive for me.

What I would fear is the need for a more advanced computer to access the internet. This initial cost would hurt more people.