I just got over having no internet at my apartment for over a week, and I can confirm that a trickle is better than nothing.

One of the most important parts of a working cluster is the interconnection and communication between nodes. While the networking side will not be covered now, a very important aspect will be: passwordless SSH.

While it is always a shock to go from over 100Mbps to under 1Mbps, I think that we are in an age where low bandwidth is not a show-stopper.