Are millennials any different? Outside tech, I don’t know anybody who cares about broadband as an aside, except when pushing a different political angle such as inequality.
My kids sure now what a high speed Internet connection is, and they're as far from "tech" as you could imagine. Ask any gamer too...
Yeah I think in many cases it’s taken for granted by the youngest generation. My youngest nephews have never known a time when you were unable to see live video of the person on the other end of a phone call. My cell phone (on cell net) just clocked 82/7Mbps. I still remember getting my first cable modem at a whopping 1Mbps nominal dl. XD
I genuinely wonder about the effects of later generations growing up in these conditions. It feels ripe for learned helplessness. "Well it's just always been bad" is a common, if ineffective response.
People who have terrible internet care quite a bit, especially if they use it a lot. Many, many people I know living in rural areas of the US get 3-6mbps max. The only hardwired option is DSL, since cable companies often don’t service these areas. Everyone who uses internet a lot for things like streaming is very frustrated by the situation, and that’s often younger generations.