Technology

I still refuse to have internet at my apartment. While a few years ago, I did break down and buy a very basic $45 a month smartphone, it does not have ability to sync with my laptop. And I’m quite fine with that fact.

For one, having the Internet would be an additional cost, something that my budget would struggle to include with such a priority placed on saving money towards my retirement and eventually affording land, an off-grid cabin, and hobby farm. The most basic plans would set me back $45 a month, plus taxes and fees, which would bring me up to over $60 a month — there simply is not $700-$800 extra a year burning a hole in my pocket.

But more fundamentally, I don’t like the idea of having the Internet to play with at home.  I like the exercise of either walking down to the Town Park or library, and I like keeping the Internet to a set part of my life — with time and boundaries. Granted, having a smartphone with Facebook and WordPress kind of breaks down the boundaries, but I phone is somewhat more limited then a full-time laptop.

If it was free I probably would use the Internet at home, but if I have pay a whole bunch of money, absolutely no. I doubt I would ever subscribe to an internet service.