Ask HN: Do you think it's possible to live without Internet at home?

As a common human being, yes. Though I imagine as a web developer, it might be difficult.

I've gone a month without any kind of technology whatsoever, and I felt fine (though I was in the outdoors and kept myself occupied). I've gone two months without Internet (just had computers to watch movies) on two separate occasions, and I was fine. In fact, before I started watching movies, I felt a creative boost. I think the lack of distractions allowed my subconscious to focus on coming up with ideas rather than processing all the background information one is normally exposed to (I also had no TV, radio, etc, just computer capable of e-mail).

If you live in most of the US, you have a fair chance of finding out some day for a week or so after a violent storm blows through.

If you live in one of these parts of the US in an all-electric house, you may find that there are things you miss more than the internet--even at 39 degrees north latitude it can be pretty cold without heat in the winter. And in any sort of weather it can be pretty dry when you are on well water and have no power for the pump.

Of course it is. I've done it before, it's not particularly difficult after an adjustment period if you work a desk job with Internet access.

Anyway, if you're seriously considering cutting off at-home Internet, take a look at FreedomPop's free plans, limited to 500MB-1GB of data or something per month. I haven't used them personally, but it could be an inexpensive way of reducing the allure of an unlimited Internet funnel.

It is as long as you have alternative ways of getting online either at work, public library, coffee shop and/or at a friends/family member's house.

I did it for a while. Had internet at the office all day and I'd go to the public library to do stuff I couldn't do at work. Having limited internet access helped me use the internet in a more productive/optimum way.

If you live in the UK, it will soon become impossible for many people to access government services / benefits in any way but via the internet.

This, coupled with the problem that the people who need these services the most also tend to be the worst off, and we have a huge, huge problem on the horizon.