It's not so much about internet access, but information access (to wit: why public libraries were invented). Using his example of 500MB/month, that could easily

It's not so much about internet access, but information access (to wit: why public libraries were invented). Using his example of 500MB/month, that could easily cover a box set of the Foxfire books (extensive details on how to live off the land) one month, canonical classic literature in one's language the next, etc. Part of being "not poor" is qualitatively having the means to improve one's living condition, which very much includes means to learn how to improve.