Live without for a week, Internet or Phone?

[Jace]

Which would you/could you be without for a week...

1. Internet
2. Your Phone

Neither...

And, why?

 

[Timewise 60+]

Which would you/could you be without for a week...

1. Internet
2. Your Phone

Neither...

And, why?

Both...I do not have an iPhone of any type! Internet I can leave it or take it.

 

[Della]

Internet! I am so addicted. From the first thing in the morning till the last thing at night, I expect I'm on here about 12 hours a day.

 

[Gaer]

Don't give a hoot about anything electronic.
Rather be in a sleeping bag near a stream in Yosemite!

 

[hollydolly]

I could easily be without my phone.. I have a landline, so I wouldn't miss my mobile phone for a week... The internet no...

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Well this is a trick question for me. As long as I have my phone, its hot spot will give me internet access. That technicality aside, I'd say I'd rather do without internet.

 

[oldaunt]

My phone is a landline and I have often been without it for a week at a time, since the idiot who runs the road grader keeps tearing it up. ATT never gets in any hurry to fix it. Internet is on satellite, so that only goes out briefly during heavy rain.

 

[Pepper]

Good point @OneEyedDiva

 

[hollydolly]

My phone is a landline and I have often been without it for a week at a time, since the idiot who runs the road grader keeps tearing it up. ATT never gets in any hurry to fix it. Internet is on satellite, so that only goes out briefly during heavy rain.

I have a problem if my Landline goes down because my internet comes with my phone and my TV as a package

 

[jet]

could do without either,,have a landline,,

 

[Gary O']

Which would you/could you be without for a week...

1. Internet
2. Your Phone

A week?
Easy

Our phone?
I'd just as soon toss our iPhone in the recycle
Hate tapping those tiny keys with my thumb like fingers
We share ours
Guess it comes in handy for my lady

Now, the internet was pretty nice when living off grid in the mountains.
Come in after battling snow and ice, or chopping/butchering wood
Clean up, fire up the genny, and post pics, talk to my buds via email, even chat with you guys.
So, a week would be a snap
Just, dine on a hot dinner, watch ol' sol set and stare at the fire 'til I trudge to that sweet bed.
Long term? I'd miss some forums, some emails

 

[oldaunt]

I have a problem if my Landline goes down because my internet comes with my phone and my TV as a package

And that is why I keep mine split

 

[Lee]

I did go without both for a time. No service where I was. Never again, that phone is seldom out of my hand.

 

[hollydolly]

And that is why I keep mine split

yes I had it split in the past, cost a whole lot more doing it that way...

 

[RadishRose]

I could easily do without my phone.

 

[hollydolly]

I could easily do without my phone.

You never ring me, you never call...you never pick up....

 

[oldaunt]

yes I had it split in the past, cost a whole lot more doing it that way...

Not a lot of difference here, but at least I can contact someone if there's an emergency, one way or another. I find that more important than the few bucks difference.

 

[Jules]

No intention of doing without either. If the power goes out to the internet, I can turn my cell phone (different carrier) into a hot spot and see why/where the power was lost.

 

[Lavinia]

I do spend a lot of time on the internet...it's a mine of information but I can manage perfectly well without it. I hardly use my phone, so wouldn't miss that.

 

[hollydolly]

Not a lot of difference here, but at least I can contact someone if there's an emergency, one way or another. I find that more important than the few bucks difference.

I have a mobile phone, which is separate from my landline , internet and tv package... if I need to be in contact with someone , during one week of no landline ..and it's not a 'few bucks '' here it's a significant difference...

 

[dobielvr]

Which would you/could you be without for a week...

1. Internet
2. Your Phone

Neither...

And, why?

Both. Went w/out them for about 5 days a few months ago, and I survived.
It was my internet and my landline on the same telephone wire, which got damaged from the rain.

 

[HoneyNut]

If I had plenty of warning so I could set up some offline type games, and download some movies and lectures, I guess I could survive without Internet for a short while. But if it was going to be suddenly gone, I'd rather not have my phone.

 

[Trish]

That's a difficult choice. I have a landline and need a phone so I am contactable should mum fall again but, I do a lot of stuff online and, of course, I would miss the streaming services. I guess I would have to choose to keep the phone and lose the internet

 

[Em in Ohio]

I've pondered this from the point of view of being lost on a desert island - and, as silly as it may seem, I always conclude that I want and need the internet! Besides, I've never liked talking on phones and nowadays, just about everyone just sends texts, which I like even less!

 

[Leann]

If it were for just one week and if I HAD to chose, I would give up the internet. It's not that I am much for long phone conversations because I'm not but I'd like to have a way to communicate with family and friends and to call for help, if needed.