In 2010 I had to go stay in this small town for about 2 months for work and the place we stayed had no working wifi. I had to go to the town library to get online, but the library was only open after 5 one weekday and was closed on Sundays, so I could only go Saturdays and that one weekday evening, assuming I could shower and hustle over there fast enough. It was frustrating because I had no other way to send email, even about work (I had a cell - not a smart one - so at least I could call the office). I don't remember it being the worst thing ever or anything. The town was really boring, though, and it was a long drive to anywhere interesting, so internet would have helped with that. I had to keep reminding myself that it wasn't so long ago that people doing my job would have had no internet access at all on the road and no cell phones, either.