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Search your library system's catalog for "hotspot" and "Chromebook" — from any connection, even this one. If they lend them, place the hold today; the waitlists are the only slow part, and a hold placed now is a connection arriving soon.
Out where I live, the wifi barely crawls. The hotspot I borrowed from the library ran thirteen times faster — I measured it out of sheer curiosity.
Pick as many as fit.
Or change what feels heavy:
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