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It is common for nomads to have only ocassional access to the internet. One way to deal with this challenge is to remember how things were done on dial-up internet in the 1990s.
The main thing is to be ready when the internet access is available. Have your mail ready to go.
The techniques for minimizing email bandwidth also pay off here. Use a POP3 mail client like Outlook or Thunderbird to compose, read, and reply offline. When you get a window for internet access force a Send/Receive.
Gmail also has an extension called Gmail Offline which sends/receives when the connection is available. This method does not save as much bandwidth as the POP3 methods can but may be easier to set up. Note: you must be connected to the net the first time you run Gmail Offline so it can set itself up.
The impact of the outage will fall mainly on web browsing, since that is a real time, interactive activity. It is also the area where we have the fewest tools to deal with it.
Download YouTube videos with a tool called youtube-dl. You can specify the quality (and therefore filesize). Be nice to your wifi host and don’t download 1080p versions if you don’t need that resolution. YouTube also has a service called Red that will allow you to d/l videos if you have a subscription.