Re:That's lousy (Score 1)

I should mention I'm in New Zealand, which unfortunately is behind most of the world in terms of internet

Set up a Delicious account, and use they're handy little Javascript-ed Bookmark ability to instantly save the sites you want to come back to for viewing on a better connection. Yes we're a little behind here in NZ but you can get some reasonable internet access with more than 1GB for reasonable money.