Is it an oxymoron? I dont think it necessarily is because the internet itself is discussing something totally different to the service providers who allow you access or is it? I have to think more about that.
I was thinking how in moving nearly everything else off grid, no longer renting and paying for all the services I thought that one of the last things you would have to keep renting is access to the internet.
Once I had a patch of land I could see myself doing away with internet to become almost totally isolated from the world, maybe instead relying on books from chosen authors, but while learning about all this stuff I feel it is invaluable and would be a great deprivation to give up and slow down progress towards maximum self sufficiency. Even if only using books though I would have to find out about them somehow. I doubt public libraries will have up to date information on permaculture and off grid living. Even then I would use their computers I guess to see what books were available to order in so kind of defeats the purpose although there is still something to be said for not having always on immediate access.
So if I wanted books from specific authors especially with small, grass roots, companies they are probably only going to be advertised online.
Is there no bootstrapped open source way to access the internet though? Do we always have to be tied to line rental and such? The only ways I can think of not to pay would just be piggybacking from places that provide free wifi so that is not really a solution just offsetting the problem.
What is it about internet that makes us reliant on commercial service providers and not able to DIY it? I am guessing there isnt a practical way as never seen it discussed before online. Not that I actively thought about it until now but think I would have happened across discussion of it by now if it was a thing.
I was thinking how in moving nearly everything else off grid, no longer renting and paying for all the services I thought that one of the last things you would have to keep renting is access to the internet.
Once I had a patch of land I could see myself doing away with internet to become almost totally isolated from the world, maybe instead relying on books from chosen authors, but while learning about all this stuff I feel it is invaluable and would be a great deprivation to give up and slow down progress towards maximum self sufficiency. Even if only using books though I would have to find out about them somehow. I doubt public libraries will have up to date information on permaculture and off grid living. Even then I would use their computers I guess to see what books were available to order in so kind of defeats the purpose although there is still something to be said for not having always on immediate access.
So if I wanted books from specific authors especially with small, grass roots, companies they are probably only going to be advertised online.
Is there no bootstrapped open source way to access the internet though? Do we always have to be tied to line rental and such? The only ways I can think of not to pay would just be piggybacking from places that provide free wifi so that is not really a solution just offsetting the problem.
What is it about internet that makes us reliant on commercial service providers and not able to DIY it? I am guessing there isnt a practical way as never seen it discussed before online. Not that I actively thought about it until now but think I would have happened across discussion of it by now if it was a thing.
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