When I rented a place in Denver last summer, it had only a mattress and a folding chair. The wifi was so slow that loading a single webpage took minutes. I ended up buying a cheap router and using my phone's data plan, which worked okay for basic stuff. @abby_robinson58, you're right that cafes can help, but who wants to live in a cafe for a month? Sometimes rolling with the punches means finding a fix, not just putting up with it.