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  • From: burnett AT pobox.com
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] I Can Quit The Net Anytime I Want? Now Reconnect My DSL Before I Kill You
  • Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:07:51 -0400 (EDT)

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, matusiak wrote:

> 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.

Somewhere right now, there's a reality tv show treatment being written.

Steve B




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