At What Point......

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CK_John  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-17-08 10:10 AM
Original message
At what point will people drop their ISP connection to pay other bills?
 I think this may be a barometer of how well or how bad the economy really is. I wonder if there are any charts showing paid connections?

what do ya'll think the answers will be??

ramapo  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-17-08 10:13 AM
Response to Original message
1. Last resort
 People need their cable TV and ISP

 

ananda  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-17-08 10:15 AM
Response to Reply #1
2. Why?
 Edited on Thu Jan-17-08 10:17 AM by ananda
Why do people need their cable
and ISP?

Computer access is free at local libraries,
and as for tv.. weelll...

Also, I think cable companies and/or ISP
providers need customers much more than the
customers need -them-....

 

LiberalHeart  (1000+ posts)     Thu Jan-17-08 10:49 AM
Response to Reply #2
16. Yep, I dropped my cable TV before Christmas, watching free digital...
 ...and I'm thinking of dropping back in my ISP to a slower speed that would save me a few bucks. I won't go with the library idea, though, because I rely on the computer for news all day and into the wee hours of the night.

Haven't missed cable TV yet, largely because MSNBC live streams political stuff.

Oh tthis ones gonna hurt

Kittycat (684 posts)      Thu Jan-17-08 10:15 AM
Response to Reply #1
3. No, people WANT those connections.
 I've seen people complain online about not having enough food in the house they were so broke. But yeah- how much is that internet costing you?

Get a life for the love of............

ixion  (1000+ posts)       Thu Jan-17-08 10:22 AM
Response to Original message
6. internet would be the last thing to go
 for me, at least. I feel disconnected without it. 

DS1  (1000+ posts)       Thu Jan-17-08 10:33 AM
Response to Original message
10. I dropped cable over a year ago. I'd drop booze and walk to work
 in the cold before dropping my ISP line. And no, dial-up is right out. I'd offer to pay half of someone else's and piggy back off their wireless before that happened.

 

warren pease  (1000+ posts)       Thu Jan-17-08 10:56 AM
Response to Original message
18. I'd rather give up heroin and strawberry cheesecake than cut off broadband access. n/t

It's really sad..............there's a few other comments over there.

[DixieBelle]

So basically, DU comes before feeding myself. This little gem of a thread needs to be laminated and handed out EVERY SINGLE TIME a DU'er complains about the damned * economy and their inability to live.

[Lord Undies]

Why don't they just admit that they all have it pretty damn good and that all their angst about the economy is designed to make as many people as possible believe a lie so the DUmmies can further their political views and get liberals elected?