I’m still able to access Bluesky at 6:13pm CDT and I definitely have a Mississippi IP. Maybe they’ll catch up to me soon and block my access. Hope not.

I know. Ought to be another way….

I feel sorry for you! I didn’t think we’d ever get fiber but our electricity provider (which we only have due to the REA push in the 1930s and 40s) partnered with an ISP a few years ago. Like Michael said, if you don’t have it now; getting it in the future seems unlikely. And that is sad.

I think our ping times are usually in the 4-6ms range.

We also had Viasat with all its problems and high prices. Then went over to AT&T wireless at some point. Better and cheaper than Viasat; but still flaky. We now have 1/2 Gbps for $74/month. Full 1 Gbps is available for a bit more but the slower speed seems okay for our purposes for now.

Same here. We got fiber under the same program. Beats the heck out of satellite that we suffered through before. Now I’m concerned that it may all be going away at some point. But reducing information availability to a single force-fed source may be the point.

You matter!!

I don’t do Substack.

Asking the universities to prove a negative is a pretty tall order; but I guess they know that already.