Or fiber optic cables with gold plated connectors.

$350 gets you a pretty decent PC. That’s a ridiculous price for a thin client that requires a subscription to use.

You’re much better off with a mini PC running Linux and Kodi.

I’m sure they will just restore it from the backup tapes. They weren’t so incompetent as to not keep offline backups right?

Yes, as long as you don’t have a crappy ISP that interferes with your DNS traffic.

I use the DNS resolver in pfSense which connects directly to the DNS root servers.