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  • Subject: [internetworkers] I Can Quit The Net Anytime I Want — Now Reconnect My DSL Before I Kill You
  • Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 12:53:09 -0400

I Can Quit The Net Anytime I Want — Now Reconnect My DSL Before I Kill You

http://www.plastic.com/article.html;sid=04/09/24/12444337;cmt=6

Would you accept US$500 to go two weeks without Internet access? Think you could handle that? Well, a recent study on internet usage sponsored by Yahoo found that most participants were ready to return the 500 bucks after only five days offline.

Regardless of age, household income or ethnic background, all participants in the ethnographic research study experienced feelings of loss, frustration and disconnectedness when cut off from the online world. Users described their time offline as "feeling left out of the loop," having to "resist temptation," and missing their "private escape time" during the day.





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