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This may be a somewhat sacrilegious topic for an online forum, but here goes…
I’ll be taking a trip soon to an area where wireless service has been described as “spotty at best”. This bothered me at first since I, like most of our society, have become reliant on being ‘connected’ at all times. The idea of not being connected for several days just seemed unacceptable to me, but then I decided that I would just try to embrace the idea and not even attempt to get online for the period that I’m there. Granted, I do have some doubt as to whether or not I will succeed, but I’m looking forward to trying to ‘unplug’ for a few days.
Here is the question. How many of you have “unplugged” (not due to deployment or duty related reasons) and would you do it again? How did it go for you?
I’ll be taking a trip soon to an area where wireless service has been described as “spotty at best”. This bothered me at first since I, like most of our society, have become reliant on being ‘connected’ at all times. The idea of not being connected for several days just seemed unacceptable to me, but then I decided that I would just try to embrace the idea and not even attempt to get online for the period that I’m there. Granted, I do have some doubt as to whether or not I will succeed, but I’m looking forward to trying to ‘unplug’ for a few days.
Here is the question. How many of you have “unplugged” (not due to deployment or duty related reasons) and would you do it again? How did it go for you?
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MSG Huffman,
You posed an interesting and timely question. I use Twitter, FB, FourSquare, etc., every day. In a few weeks, I'll be going offline for about 30 days and my biggest concern is, "How will I get my news?!" The last time I unplugged was for Basic Training in 2011 and I went through major (to me) FoxNews withdrawal symptoms. Other than reading the news, my biggest on-line concern is maintaining my grade point average at school.
To answer your question, yes I can unplug, but it will be rather uncomfortable. If I had to choose between eating or getting on-line, I'd probably starve to death.
You posed an interesting and timely question. I use Twitter, FB, FourSquare, etc., every day. In a few weeks, I'll be going offline for about 30 days and my biggest concern is, "How will I get my news?!" The last time I unplugged was for Basic Training in 2011 and I went through major (to me) FoxNews withdrawal symptoms. Other than reading the news, my biggest on-line concern is maintaining my grade point average at school.
To answer your question, yes I can unplug, but it will be rather uncomfortable. If I had to choose between eating or getting on-line, I'd probably starve to death.
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MSG Wade Huffman
LOL! I'm not sure I could make it for 30 days either. I'm just looking at an extended weekend and wondering if I can make it! :)
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Yes, I am generally good for about 3-4 days, then I want to know what's going on.
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MAJ (Join to see)
LTC Stoneking - very true on the "wanting to know what's going on". After 9/11, I think we all learned that the entire world can be changed within 24 hours. Makes reading the news each morning a bit more addictive than before.
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I love sailing and flying both of which often take me pretty far off the wirelees grid. My aircraft have HF radio and satellite phones. My sailboat has VHF/HF radios. I also carry an Iridium 9575 satellite phone / extra batteries in my bag.
Obviously, it is very hard for me to completely unplug from the wireless grid.
Obviously, it is very hard for me to completely unplug from the wireless grid.
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