You can do lots of things on the net but if your internet isn't the best it can truly be a pain in the arse.
We are out of reach of ADSL here, we have satelite connected but it is the original system that is slow and expensive, we don't qualify for the new satelite which is faster and cheaper as we can now get wireless but wireless is slow, expensive and reception is very sketchy.
I bought cross-reference CD's for the big 4, (tax deductable for me
) a lack of pictures can be a pain but I can work 100 times faster than trying to look up things on the Net.