What's going to happen when the internet disappears?

indy_500

indy_500

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Getting very irritated with the current trend of do this do that pay this pay that online. I broke down and bought a smartphone last weekend. They gave me an account # and said your pin is the last 4 of ur ss. I had to wait until after the 14th to register because that's when the new billing period started. Well today's the 15th and it WON'T WORK! I opened up a credit card late last month. I made a few purchases earlier this month, the bill is due the 16th of every month. no worries right? I have until Nov. 16 to pay off October purchases. WRONG It says its due the 16th so i pay it (late last week). i paid for my phone with the cc check my account today and it says that purchase is due the 16th! I paid for the thing on the 11th! I have an old email I have tied in with EVERYTHING online that I no longer care to use but guess what I can't change it otherwise I won't be able to access a dang thing. What happened to the mailbox?
 
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snoluver1

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I just had a conversation today about how nice it used to be when you left your house in the morning and nobody could get ahold of you till you came home. Some how or another we all survived without cell phones. Now I spend more time answering stupid e-mails from the office than I do actually working!
 
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ezra

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snoluver1 said:
I just had a conversation today about how nice it used to be when you left your house in the morning and nobody could get ahold of you till you came home. Some how or another we all survived without cell phones. Now I spend more time answering stupid e-mails from the office than I do actually working!
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yeah but then the 80s hit
pagers and trips to the pay phone.
then the trunk phone
then the bag phone
I still have a old bag phone.
I have had the same account sold to 7 diff corps over the yrs with the same number I got with my first pager in 1984.
 
indy_500

indy_500

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All my buddies get PO'd at me because I never answer their phone calls! Well, I'm at work 9 hours a day and when I get home I have stuff to do. If my hands are dirty I'm not going to answer your call if I'm eating i'm not going to answer your call if i'm driving i'm not going to answer your call. That leaves a pretty small time window for me to answer LOL
 
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Skylar

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I will not get a smart phone until it does not cost extra for the internet usage, and, when I can get a smart phone for a penny like my last two phones. My current phone I have had for 4 years now, still has the original battery in it, gets dropped on the concrete floor at work at least once a day, and has never let me down. I do not need a phone for work so I am good there. I can make calls with it, text with it, and take crappy pictures with it lol, I am set!
 
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russholio

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Skylar said:
I will not get a smart phone until it does not cost extra for the internet usage, and, when I can get a smart phone for a penny like my last two phones. My current phone I have had for 4 years now, still has the original battery in it, gets dropped on the concrete floor at work at least once a day, and has never let me down. I do not need a phone for work so I am good there. I can make calls with it, text with it, and take crappy pictures with it lol, I am set!
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Exactly how I feel....unfortunately, the selection of "dumb" phones is getting slimmer and slimmer.
 
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dj2muchjunk

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Amen
snoluver1 said:
I just had a conversation today about how nice it used to be when you left your house in the morning and nobody could get ahold of you till you came home. Some how or another we all survived without cell phones. Now I spend more time answering stupid e-mails from the office than I do actually working!
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Hoosier

Well-known member
indy_500 said:
Getting very irritated with the current trend of do this do that pay this pay that online. I broke down and bought a smartphone last weekend. They gave me an account # and said your pin is the last 4 of ur ss. I had to wait until after the 14th to register because that's when the new billing period started. Well today's the 15th and it WON'T WORK! I opened up a credit card late last month. I made a few purchases earlier this month, the bill is due the 16th of every month. no worries right? I have until Nov. 16 to pay off October purchases. WRONG It says its due the 16th so i pay it (late last week). i paid for my phone with the cc check my account today and it says that purchase is due the 16th! I paid for the thing on the 11th! I have an old email I have tied in with EVERYTHING online that I no longer care to use but guess what I can't change it otherwise I won't be able to access a dang thing. What happened to the mailbox?
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You are an old man stuck in a young man's body! Not that there's anything wrong with that! Kinda of crazy now when we're snowmobiling - as soon as we take a break, everyone quickly gets the phones out to see what they've been missing.

If you just got your smartphone, take a look at one of the pay as you go plans - I bet a guy like you would save a lot of money compared to a regular plan, given how little you'll be using it.
 
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ezra

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I have the full blown unlimited plan 4 lines 3 work 1 wife
all my internet for home and I pad and phones on same plan
I have never had a hard line in my own home last one was at moms house.
but then it is a biz expense if it was not a deductible bill prob would have been shoping around yrs ago.
sad to admit I don't even know off the top of my head what it is costing me.
 
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polarisrider1

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ezra said:
I have the full blown unlimited plan 4 lines 3 work 1 wife
all my internet for home and I pad and phones on same plan
I have never had a hard line in my own home last one was at moms house.
but then it is a biz expense if it was not a deductible bill prob would have been shoping around yrs ago.
sad to admit I don't even know off the top of my head what it is costing me.
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anonomoose

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indy_500 said:
......if i'm driving i'm not going to answer your call. That leaves a pretty small time window for me to answer LOL
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Not to worry....car makers are gunna have voice to text ready in about 2 years. Like bluetooth, you will glance at the screen and then tell the lovely lady whose speech you already know about will tell you the text and respond if you want to text back.

We wouldn't want to be able to not answer text when we are driving now would we? (I followed a Ford the other day on the freeway wandering all over the place...speeding up and slowing down.....so I drove up on him to see if he was drunk or on drugs...nope.....phone resting on the steering wheel he was continuously texting ...idiot!)

I remember the bag phones and the first "hardpack" because I had a panasonic with spare battery I carried in my pocket. I could go hunting well up in the thumb, carry the hardpack and talk to my clients as if I were right there. I never told them where I was, and on the boat or in the field, it afforded me some time out of the offices without missing any big calls. Then the phones got cheaper and less powerful....apparently the one I had ould wack you in the brain with electromagnetic waves sure to give you brain cancer....so my ranging far from offices was curtailed dramatically. Ever since it has been a downward spiral.

It used to be your car/truck was your sactuary from contact....you could think about stuff and figure out a course of action. Not true today.... every waking moment is consumed by contact from anyone, anywhere, at anytime.

You decide if that is a good thing or a bad one.
 
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polarisrider1

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anonomoose said:
Not to worry....car makers are gunna have voice to text ready in about 2 years. Like bluetooth, you will glance at the screen and then tell the lovely lady whose speech you already know about will tell you the text and respond if you want to text back.

We wouldn't want to be able to not answer text when we are driving now would we? (I followed a Ford the other day on the freeway wandering all over the place...speeding up and slowing down.....so I drove up on him to see if he was drunk or on drugs...nope.....phone resting on the steering wheel he was continuously texting ...idiot!)

I remember the bag phones and the first "hardpack" because I had a panasonic with spare battery I carried in my pocket. I could go hunting well up in the thumb, carry the hardpack and talk to my clients as if I were right there. I never told them where I was, and on the boat or in the field, it afforded me some time out of the offices without missing any big calls. Then the phones got cheaper and less powerful....apparently the one I had ould wack you in the brain with electromagnetic waves sure to give you brain cancer....so my ranging far from offices was curtailed dramatically. Ever since it has been a downward spiral.

It used to be your car/truck was your sactuary from contact....you could think about stuff and figure out a course of action. Not true today.... every waking moment is consumed by contact from anyone, anywhere, at anytime.

You decide if that is a good thing or a bad one.
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You can always let it go to voice mail. My phone is my office on the go. Deals are made on it daily. Customers want instant answers. It is a must in the fast pace world of business.
 
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skutr

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I like having a flip phone that's as smart as a 7th grade drop out. It only has one app on it and it's called "phone". Great reception and the battery lasts forever.
 
chords

chords

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" Whats goin' to happen when the internet disappears * ? "

We will go into a time warp that will be recognized by many and predicted by few and able to function quite well. Cash and Gold is KING
 
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ezra

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the day internet is gone will be the same time something else is going down.
I would bet your cash is worth nothing more than fire starter.
and your gold better be tinny tiny chunks.
I would bet ammo food water will be a hotter bargaining chip than a gold coin.
but that will never happen I have full faith in our government managing the economy LMFAO
 
chords

chords

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I don't think that our lives are dependent on the Internet. Other things may reduce paper to fire starter but not www.
 
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ezra

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chords said:
I don't think that our lives are dependent on the Internet. Other things may reduce paper to fire starter but not www.
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no not dependent on www.
but the fed has full control to pull the plug. so when your paper is nothing but fire starter u can bet the farm free flow of information will deff come to a screeching halt. prob a week or so before the full blow out
 
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