@Koochi-Q If you want a depressing read, don't bother with Dickens or any of the Russians : just read a brief precis of how the Australian government decided that the internet is a fad and not worth the investment to bring up to date.
It's not like a MASSIVE country with low population all scattered around lots of nowhere could use better comms infrastructure, or that the country's exports could be boosted if people worked from home online, when their only other option realistically would be to claim benefits in a dead mining/lumber town.