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You will never understand how important an aspect of your life is until it is taken away from you.
Not to be all dramatic about it but I am really having a rough time functioning in my life now because my cable and Internet have been removed from my life. Go ahead, I will give you a few seconds to laugh this one off.
Done yet?
Now that I am married and moved out, I am settling into my new home. I dropped the ball by not contacting a cable/Internet provider ahead of time. I did plan ahead telling myself I would set up an appointment to get it installed on the two days that I have off after the honeymoon, but alas, it was another case of this guy not following through with a great idea. I will blame this one on that vision of Aruba that was upcoming at the time.
It’s ironic because just last week on twitter, I was having a conversation with my chum that was along the lines of “Would You Rather” (Don’t worry we kept it clean). But the debate of giving up television or Internet came up and we came to a consensus that it would be easier to live without television today due to our societies high reliance on being “connected” to the Internet at all times.
I feel naked right now. Comcast told me that they have to send someone out to survey the property and it will take 3 – 5 days. My wife called this morning and now they are saying 7 – 10 days. I try not and do much work on the blog while at work for obvious reasons, but I may have to resort to desperate measures the next week or so. I am currently at my parents house sharing this story with you while my mom is yelling at me to clean my room. I thought I moved out? So I ask you …
“Which one do you think you could live without?”
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Comments
07.28.10
If I had to chose either cable or the Internet I think I would chose to keep the Internet. In fact, most of the television that I watch is streamed via Netflix or Hulu anyway. Invest in a new Blu-Ray or a Wii or X-Box and trust me, you won't miss your TV all that much because there are plenty of streaming entertainment options out there for ya.
07.28.10
I have been without Internet AND cable for almost 11 months. I'm not against either, but I've had a hard time deciding which provider(s) to go with, so I've just lived without. It was hard at first, but eventually I got used to it.
I got an antenna for my TV so I can watch whatever when I feel like vegging out. I have a BlackBerry, so I stay connected via email, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, web browsing, etc., on that. There are also a handful of coffee shops with free wifi within a few blocks of my apartment, so I've taken advantage of that a few times. I download, rent and borrow TV shows that I'm interested in watching.
People are usually surprised that I don't have the Internet because I'm such a web nerd; I work for a web start-up and I'm reachable 24/7.
All that being said, I'm seriously considering having the Internet again. I can live without cable, but I think it would make things easier on myself if I just finally got the Internet.
07.28.10
When I moved abroad obviously American TV wasn't an option. So I learned to live without it. Tough at first, but I found that since I wasn't glued to it, I was out doing more. I downloaded the shows I really cared about (Hulu isn't an option for anyone living abroad) and would just watch everything on like a Monday night or something. Now that I'm back home, I don't even own a television. The internet on the other hand is a must.
07.28.10
I have already given up cable. When we moved to our new apartment we decided it was a lot of money to spend on something that sucked up our lives. We watch our TV on the internet or through Netflix mostly anyway.
I don't think I could live without Internet though.
07.28.10
I'm with Lyn. I've been without cable since 2003. Technically, I do have cable now; since I have a cable TV/cable internet package, but my TV doubles as my desktop monitor, and I almost never turn it over to TV mode.
07.28.10
I'm with Lyn. I've been without cable since 2003. Technically, I do have cable now; since I have a cable TV/cable internet package, but my TV doubles as my desktop monitor, and I almost never turn it over to TV mode.
07.28.10
I've lived without cable since my divorce in 2004. I needed to cut every extraneous expense to survive without my husband's income, and cable definitely ranked below food. I haven't missed it once in all these years. (I also scaled my internet back, from broadband to dialup -- that was the sacrifice that hurt the most, and the first budget cut to be remedied once my finances stabilized.) I took it one step further, though; I never got a converter box, either. I assume that means I cannot watch TV even with an antenna. I couldn't tell you, though, because I've never tried.
I don't mean to imply I watch no television. Thanks to Netflix, I have recently become hooked on several TV shows; like Ryan, I watch most of them on the internet. I picked up the Roku box a year or so ago; it's not as versatile as a Wii or Xbox, but it won't break the bank either (I got mine for $99). You can also get decent quality (though not always DVD quality, in my experience) on your computer.
07.28.10
I vote to keep Internet. I watch an increasing amount of TV online and am also a fan of getting seasons through Netflix. Because of my DVR I realize I never watch TV at the airing time anyway, and almost all of the shows I like are online. I am actually moving this week so it is a very pertinent question as I think about what to do for my next apt. Glad to hear everyone's response!
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