said by somrandomguy :Your definition of essential might be different than mine but I think you are conflating NEEDs with WANTs.
Yup, a very common problem.
I cannot think of any genuinely essential consumer/governmental/financial online services that requires more than the slowest speeds currently available now that speeds below 5Mbps are nearly history. Nobody needs FTTH to file online taxes, do online banking, check weather forecasts, emails, job advertisements, shopping, etc.