I have been spoiled by five years of broadband access.
The Noreaster that hit the east coast did something to our telephone line that made our DSL modem unable to retrieve any information (phone lines still work ok, though. hmph.) Rather than go through all the trouble to get it fixed, since we're moving in a month, I just got an earthlink account and we're using dialup.
It's amazing how much of the web -- including my own website -- has been designed assuming "everyone" has broadband access. Yesterday I was clawing at my face waiting for pages to load.
This morning was a little better. But that's because I was tired.