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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I actually have Proton's free VPN because I already had a ProtonMail account and that was the easiest one I could test with. All the blocked websites work over ProtonVPN, though there are two issues: 1. some websites don't function properly, and 2. I don't know how safe VPNs are for passwords, so I only use it for websites I don't need to login to (such as prageru.com).

I find it unlikely there will ever be broadband competition, and satellite internet (which we do have here) is total shit, because you're paying double the price for half the speeds. Perhaps we may get a wireless ISP sometime eventually, but I don't know how effective it would be — and I live in a small town so we're often ignored.

[–]Algebruh 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's a damned shame. I get some competition in my small town because of some of the orgs here. Have you considered something like https://calyxinstitute.org/ ? I don't know how good it is but I've considered it as a backup, some dipshit is always digging up or knocking down lines.