How about a mini-internet connection on an iphone? Can you do that without a standalone internet connection? (I don't have an iphone, so I don't know these things)

Other than that....reading, knitting, learn to make baskets, writing letters to friends (a lost art), making handmade books or poetry, making canned preserves and chutneys. Doing more outside in the daytime (hiking, gardening, birdwatching...)
I stopped watching TV altogether (as in completely) about 10 years ago. Gave me lots more time to live LIFE.
Getting Netflix so you can choose an occasional good film to watch is cool though, a treat, like going to the movies. We are slowly re-watching all the great films, one per week or so (Felini's 8 1/2, Seven Beauties, Taxi Driver, The Bicycle Thief, Last Picture Show, etc...).