I think this observation is spot on. My parents are in a rural location and for years had horrible random and difficult to trace problems with their computers

I think this observation is spot on. My parents are in a rural location and for years had horrible random and difficult to trace problems with their computers while they were on satellite internet. The mysterious problems went away when they were able to upgrade to cellular internet. I think the problems were due to the painfully high latency over the satellite connection, but in many cases it was difficult to prove. Another personal frustration, which perhaps you might share, is the implicit assumption that everyone not only has high-speed internet, but uncapped internet service. My parents had a hefty internet bill the other month because my dad upgraded his iPhone, and there was a lot of occult downloads happening, I assume for Photo Stream or whatever it's called now.