the old fashioned way

talking on a home phone
sending mail
reading books

example 1: my cellphones broken, looks like i'll have to do it the old fashioned way and call her on the telephone

example 2: my internets down, looks like i'll have to do it the old fashioned way and mail it

example 3: google is down for maintence looks like i'll have to do things the old fashioned way and look it up in a book