I am using Fusenet (in Cincinnati, OH) and still can't connect today.
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blake@compy:~$ ping laanx.fragnetics.com
PING laanx.fragnetics.com (210.193.49.103) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- laanx.fragnetics.com ping statistics ---
49 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 48088ms
blake@compy:~$ ping 210.193.49.103
PING 210.193.49.103 (210.193.49.103) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- 210.193.49.103 ping statistics ---
76 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 75184ms
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I called my ISP and they said that I have complete access to the internet, that they do not block anything from getting to my PC... I haven't tried proxy yet or tryied to get a new IP address so I will update when I know more.