Right now I’m staying at my parents’ home in rural Tennessee, and the internet is, well, bad. And it’s not for lack of initiative on their part; they’ve been trying to get traditional internet access to their home for nearly 10 years. But because this house is about a mile outside of city limits, not a single cable-based provider will touch us.
We’re not alone. All over the country, people in rural (and even suburban) areas have resorted to all kinds of hacks just to get access to the internet. Some are constructing their own municipal mesh networks, while others are waiting, hoping, and praying that Starlink will service their area.
