Odd, 10C was down for a few hours today.
@matigo There's still people using dialup and DSL in rural US cities with data caps and most have only their (mostly) very cheap Android phones as their computers with their wireless data caps so it's both really. The digital divide if you will which has been going on for decades now. Even broadband connections have data caps.
The COVID19 is going to expose the shitty state of US broadband availability and affordability. [vice.com]
Some 27 million Americans don't have access to high speed internet for example.
Spent most of the day running around just to get the WFH plans for many others going. Also just had my last dine in for a while since that's going to be restricted.
I've been playing some games of any kind to cure my boredom like Persona 5, which has a "Flu Season" part of the game which is in a way related to current events.
@variablepulserate It's already rurning the spring season especially wedding sand stuff, and I can't rule it out for the summer.
@phoneboy And a can of worms as the article and video describes.
// @variablepulserate
@phoneboy Yep, likely for those CEOs and shareholders and nothing for Main Street. Not shocking. Also don’t be surprised if he shuts down the internet.
Now that a national emergency is declared, please read what Elizabeth Goitein’s great piece on what happens when a national emergency is declared. It may very well be a perfect ripe for abuse. [theatlantic.com]