Late-stage capitalism seems to demand that personal marketing become everyone’s primary job, with the work they’re actually trained to do almost an afterthought. Labour is increasingly alienated not only from the product of its work, but from the work itself.
Perhaps you’re using an inferior Internet service provider. May I suggest TimeCast Communications as an alternative? I use it and it’s great! They’re now offering 20% off if you bundle it with phone and cable service!
Seriously, perhaps an ad blocker or script blocker in your browser? Or a content filter on your connection? They might make a Web page (or part of one) think you’re offline when you’re not.