How Many Hours A Day Of Internet Do You Need?

How Many Hours A Day Of Internet Do You Need?

_ShAnE_StArK_ 2016/01/11 13:58

Between work PCs, always-on home broadband
and 3G mobile devices, most of us spend many
hours a day connected to the internet. But
whatâ€™s the minimum amount of time you can
spend with a working connection and actually get
your job done?
Most hotels that offer internet access (and
charge for it) where Iâ€™ve stayed typically offer a
choice of per-minute, per hour and per 24-hour
rates. In that situation, Iâ€™ve always opted for the
24-hour bundle, and then not needed to track my
usage. However, at a recent hotel I used in Italy,
the largest bundle available was five hours. You
could log in and out as needed, so it provided an
unusually precise measure of how much working
connection I actually needed to get through the
Lifehacker day. (I didnâ€™t have roaming enabled,
so I couldnâ€™t fail over to using a smartphone
instead.)
The answer in my case turned out to be around
four-and-a-half hours. Thatâ€™s quite a lot, given
that I was supposed to be on a holiday of sorts
and was leaving aside lots of inessential tasks
and trying not to spend time on productivity-
draining activities. On the other hand, it does
suggest to me that in hotels where the daily rate
is a lot higher, I could potentially get away with
smaller working bursts of connectivity, rather
than simply opting for the â€œitâ€™ll be there if I need
itâ€ approach.
How many hours a day of internet connection do
you find are required for a productive working
and social life? Tell us your experience in the
comments...

NinthElement 2016/01/11 16:03

shane_stark: However, at a recent hotel I used in Italy,
the largest bundle available was five hours.

Hey, I didn't know you'd been to Italy /smiley

As for me, I need internet at least 12 hours a day. Even when I'm on holiday it's a drag if the hotel's wifi doesn't work well, at times I've had to resort to using a roaming data bundle.