I’d be curious to hear about your experience not having cell coverage in the modern world. What’s it like?

daemonologist a day ago | parent | next [-]

I went about six months without cell service a few years ago. The only deal breaker is this one - that lots of services require SMS authentication and won't accept Google Voice/similar. GPS navigation is a bit worse, because you have to pre-download the maps and don't get realtime traffic. You also can't be contacted when you're away from wifi; this wasn't a problem for me but I can imagine if you had kids or something it would probably be another deal breaker.

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veqq a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's very nice. Phones are evil.

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codedokode 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Maybe they don't like having their precise location tracked 24/7?

	▲	rjdj377dhabsn a day ago \| parent [-]
		That's a good reason for not carrying a phone, but getting a cheap SIM-connected device and leaving it at home next to their computer shouldn't reveal any more information than they already are by using their home internet and VOIP.

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octoberfranklin a day ago | parent | prev [-]

What’s it like?

Blissfully tranquil.