Drop the landlines and keep the cell phone and use a voice recognition option- it's easier than all that texting on such a little pad or screen. If a coronal mass ejection hits us, you may suffer communication loss, but the rest of the world will be down anyway, so it doesn't matter.
High speed cable internet w/o the television and go for Netflix. No recent stuff, but for about $6 I'm satisfied. There is also Hulu and another one I can't remember the name of. Current weather on Wunderground or Intellicast. More reliable than satellite reception. My sat reception would always go down when storms where near anyway.
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Disclaimer: 99% of what I know about cycling I learned on BF. That would make, ummm, 1% experience. And a lot of posts.