We’ve been off line for a while now…windstorms came through the area and messed everything up! We had no electricity for eight days, no cable for more than two weeks and we still don’t have a house phone. 
You really begin to realize how much you depend on electricity and cable when it’s taken away from you for a while! :-\
My kids were actually handling it better than I was. I don’t like being without the internet…neither do they, but I was complaining about it more. 
I do have an aircard, which helps a lot…but is entirely too slow.