What did we do before the internet? Since we are in the Ozarks, but down in a "holler", we get no cell reception, but have one basic cell phone for road emergencies. I have the minimum plan, I think 250 min. a month, but usually use maybe 10. Reception is poor even on the roads because of the winding hills.
I would love to be able to dump my overpriced landline, but I'm stuck with it.
Seabreeze, you and I may be the only two people in the world that have never texted...lol
I do my internet surfing on a laptop and a hp touchpad..not wild about the touchpad...don't like the tap, tap, tapping...much prefer a keyboard, but it is handy to lie in bed on sleepless nights and use. Several months ago we had a helatious thunderstorm come through here and it took out my Dell Inspirion desktop and modem. Everything was on a surge protector too. I thought about replacing it, but have gotten use to the laptop.
By far the thing we use the most is our Roku player. Our only television option is a dish, had that once several years ago, and every time there was the least little weather disturbance the thing would go out.
When we moved here we opted not to pay their ridiculous prices for a bunch of commercials and channels we don't want to watch. With the Roku player we stream Netflix& Amazon, for less than $15 a month, plus the Roku player has a bunch of channels, many of them free for news, weather,movies and misc. special interest channels. When you live in the sticks you have to think outside the box sometimes.