On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 11:14:42AM -0600, Jon Gale wrote: > > Give me a break! > > Guess what, the US Postal Service still delivers mail the old fashioned > way. Banks have live (gasp!) humans working in brick and mortar buildings > available to help you transact financial business. Your phone book has the > names and numbers of any person or business you need to reach locally. You > can buy porn in downtown Salt Lake (or you can drive to Evanston if you need > the hard stuff) and you can actually shop (in person) at a local retailer! > > Internet access is a necessity? Hardly.
You're kidding, right? My mutual fund doesn't send me paper statements anymore--the $20 per year fee is waived if you get electronic statements. My bank doesn't even have a branch in Utah. My paycheck is put into my bank account by direct deposit, and the paystub is only available online. My employment requires me to be online. Many of my classes have online resources, and I need Internet access to do any of my projects. Several resources relating to my Church calling are only available online. So pretty much the only aspect of my life that doesn't depend on connectivity is my family life. Granted, I can get by by using my connection in my office or in a library rather than in my home, but Internet access is definitely a necessity. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868
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