At the risk of stating the bleeding obvi

Have you thought about writing up your article in Wordpad or something similar then copying it across once your online. 
It won't stop the drop outs but will stop you losing your work. 
 
I'm interested in hearing more about your experiences with Next G in out of the way places (ie not capital cities). I'm planning my own adventure at some stage in the future and was banking on it to keep me connected.