While living on your own, you may not need an outstanding Internet connection because you may only have one or two devices connected simultaneously. Also, since you may only actively use one device at a time, the total usage at any given instant should be rather minimal. This is something that will change when you are making plans to rent a single-family home with roommates. In this situation, you should prioritize getting excellent high-speed Internet.

More and more people, regardless of age, now have to live in roommate situations due to economic factors. Given that internet access is so important now, if you're going into a living situation with strangers, you have to decide whether you want to have the same internet access as they do. At first, you'd think this would be a no-brainer—of course you should tap into that household internet. But you may also want to have your own mobile internet device for specific reasons.