It is sad that the author and his family were excluded from the reliable and fast internet connection. Knowing that other places have good internet connection could bring frustration on them. I never was in such situation with the Internet but, I can sympathize. Now I am also in exclusion. In my country there is lack of good quality and performance laptops. I don't understand (it must be money) why only lower end laptops (bad displays, low quality cases, mostly plastic, lower end CPUs) are sold here in Poland. I feel excluded from the tech I always was a geek follower and a user (developer). Companies selling hardware prioritize markets with bigger purchasing powers. But it was not so visible back in the day.