I am currently at a work meeting, staying in a hotel, and I am continually confounded by the state of internet access in major hotels in major cities. We live in an era where internet access is often vital, where wifi access in portable devices is commonplace and yet I am astounded that the quality of that access is often worse than the rural areas I’ve visited. Not only is wifi still a rarity, but the wired access, in addition to being costly, is just plain awful. Web pages take a minute or more to load. Downloads aren’t even feasible. These are hotels that cater to business crowds. I just don’t understand it. My company is currently paying ridiculous amounts for internet access that is less reliable than the internet I had ten years ago.
And that there is probably the problem. Companies will expense out shitty internet, while the local, non-chain coffee shop in my neighborhood provides decent wifi for free. There’s no need for it in this world.
Is it me or is that backwards?
Rising Tide, the sequel to Falling Sky, was released on October 6, 2015. 
Falling Sky, my first novel, came out October 7, 2014 from Pyr. It's an adventure story set in a post-apocalyptic future with airships.