Having done some engineering working areas with average incomes in the $15/month range and all services being provided by NGOs and gov aid... most people I talk to really have no idea how internet access works in less privileged parts of the world.
I think much of the western world has lost sight of what the internet means because it's taken for granted. Now it's how our netflix comes in or how our kids get their fortnite etc. Covid definitely woke many up because people had to do work from home, but it's still just not the big of a priority in peoples minds. I mean, americans will suffer through terrible service on a $50 plan and have to work from home on that while having a $300 per adult cigarette bill. Go to Nepal, internet bill comes before many things, they'll even skip a meal to keep their internet service working.
Go to rural Nepal or Cambodia and it's the only thing that links them to the rest of the world, and primarily via messaging apps. Maybe 5Mbps of unreliable connectivity for everyone to share.