Originally posted by popcornbird
Wow! I'm surprised you have cable. I have a friend who lives in the countryside (where there ARE people........a house ever 4-5 acres), and they had to get satellite internet because they didn't have cable or dsl there, and they didn't want dial up because it makes the phone busy. How in the world could anyone live without electricity/running water in such cold weather? I think I'd freeze to death!
I have a satelitte for television! Cable modem was some promo deal.

Don't need electricity to run a wood stove! That's how I heat my house. We have running water, but not in the same sense city dwellers have. We have a 1000 gallon holding tank and a pump under the house. That's where our water comes from. Fresh water gets delivered once a week--it comes out of the tap like normal places, but limited supply. Well, kinda, my husband owns the delivery truck so really I could get as much water as I wanted!