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BLIP Networks is a locally owned and operated Fixed Wireless High Speed Internet Service Provider operating in Murphysboro, Vergennes, Elkville, Ava, Campbell Hill, Willisville, Cutler, Gorham, Jacob, and surrounding areas in Jackson County, Illinois.

08/30/2026

๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—”๐—š๐—˜ ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ โ€“ ๐—”๐—จ๐—š๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง 30, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€“ 9:00 AM

update: 11:40am
All services are restored with the exception of 5 customer in Murphysboro who receive service from the 7th Street Highrise, which we are working on ands hope to have restored by 1:30pm.

Towers affected:
Murphysboro 7th St., Big Red Water Tower, South Williams St., All Makanda, Carbondale and Alto Pass.

Description:
We are experiencing intermittent outages across a large section of our network. This is a result of power equipment malfunctioning at a main distribution tower. We are working to determine the source of the problem and make repairs as quickly as possible.
Thank you for your patience.

08/27/2026

๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฃ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ8, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

These events have been rescheduled from 8/26/2026 to 8/28/2026 as a result of emergency storm repairs.

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿญ โ€“ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฝ
Start Time: 10:00 AM
End Time: 1:00 PM
Interruption Type: Intermittent
Expected Interruption Duration: 5โ€“15 minutes within the maintenance window
Description of Work:
โ€ข We are upgrading the backhaul feeding the tower to increase performance and reliability.
โ€ข This is Phase 1 of 2 for this upgrade. Phase 2 will be scheduled within the next week as we are currently awaiting parts.

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ โ€“ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ โ€“ ๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น & ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—™๐——
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 3:00 PM
Interruption Type: Intermittent
Expected Interruption Duration: 5โ€“15 minutes within the maintenance window
Description of Work:
โ€ข We are upgrading the backhaul feeding these towers to increase performance and reliability.
โ€ข This is Phase 1 of 2 for this upgrade. Phase 2 will be scheduled within the next week as we are currently awaiting parts.
We appreciate your patience and understanding while we complete these upgrades to improve the performance and reliability of our network.

08/26/2026

๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—”๐—š๐—˜ ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ โ€“ ๐—”๐—จ๐—š๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€“ ๐Ÿฎ:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต ๐—ฃ๐— 

We have completed repairs from the lightning damage, and full service has been restored to all affected customers.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this outage may have caused. Our team greatly appreciates your patience and understanding while we worked to replace the damaged equipment and restore service as quickly as possible.

Thank you for your continued support.

BLIP Networks, LLC

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๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—”๐—š๐—˜ ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ โ€“ ๐—”๐—จ๐—š๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€“ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฎ ๐—”๐— 

Most of the damaged equipment has been replaced, and service has been restored to the majority of customers impacted by the outage.

Our tower crew is currently in the air and working quickly to restore service to the remaining affected customers.

We greatly appreciate your patience and understanding as our team continues working to get everyone back online.

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๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ โ€“ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€“ ๐Ÿด:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐—”๐— 

We have assessed the damage and determined that our equipment sustained a direct lightning strike. Unfortunately, the damage is significant, and repairs are expected to take several hours.

Several access points and other networking equipment within our network cabinet were damaged by the strike.

Our technicians have begun repairs and are working to replace the damaged equipment and restore service as quickly as possible.

We will continue to provide updates as repairs progress.

We greatly appreciate your patience and understanding while our team works to get everyone back online.

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๐—จ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ โ€“ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€“ ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ ๐—”๐— 

It appears we have suffered lightning damage that is currently impacting service at the following tower locations:

โ€ข ๐—ช๐—ซ๐—”๐—ก
โ€ข ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ฅ๐—ฑ.
โ€ข ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฅ๐—ฑ.
โ€ข ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ถ๐—น๐—น
โ€ข ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ

Our technicians are actively working to assess the damage and determine what equipment will need to be repaired or replaced.

At this time, we do not have an estimated restoration time. We will provide an update as soon as we have more information.

We greatly appreciate your patience and understanding while our team works to restore service as quickly as possible.

08/25/2026

# # ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฃ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿญ โ€“ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฝ

Start Time: 10:00 AM
End Time: 1:00 PM

Interruption Type: Intermittent
Expected Interruption Duration: 5โ€“15 minutes within the maintenance window

Description of Work:
โ€ข We are upgrading the backhaul feeding the tower to increase performance and reliability.
โ€ข This is Phase 1 of 2 for this upgrade. Phase 2 will be scheduled within the next week as we are currently awaiting parts.

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ โ€“ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ โ€“ ๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น & ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—™๐——

Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 3:00 PM

Interruption Type: Intermittent
Expected Interruption Duration: 5โ€“15 minutes within the maintenance window

Description of Work:
โ€ข We are upgrading the backhaul feeding these towers to increase performance and reliability.
โ€ข This is Phase 1 of 2 for this upgrade. Phase 2 will be scheduled within the next week as we are currently awaiting parts.

We appreciate your patience and understanding while we complete these upgrades to improve the performance and reliability of our network.

BLIP Networks, LLC

08/25/2026

Emergency Maintenance Interruption
for August 25, 2026
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Tower(s) impacted: Bigham Farms
Start time: 10:00 am End time: 11:00 am
Interruption Type: Intermittent
Interruption Duration: 5-10 Minutes: (within the time window listed above)
Description of Work:
- The cooling fan on our network switch has died, causing the switch to overheat.

08/17/2026

BLIP Networks Scheduled Maintenance Interruptions
for August 18, 2026
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Tower(s) impacted: Alto Pass Downtown NanoPop
Start time: 10:00 am End time: 1:00 pm
Interruption Type: Intermittent
Interruption Duration: 5-10 Minutes: (within the time window listed above)
Description of Work:
- You will experience one 5-10 minute outage, and possibly a few momentary interruptions.
- We are upgrading our access points to provide increased capacity and reliability.

08/14/2026

๐”๐ง๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž - ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ(๐ฌ) ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐: Marlboro Rd.
๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž: 12:00 PM
๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: 3:00 PM

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
Some customers served by the Marlboro Rd. tower have been experiencing numerous random outages following upgrades performed earlier this week.

To resolve these issues, our technicians will be replacing a network switch at the tower site.

๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ:
Customers should experience approximately a ๐Ÿ“-๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง while the network switch is replaced.

We appreciate your patience and understanding while we work to resolve these issues and improve service reliability.

08/13/2026

Outage Update: 08/13/26 โ€“ 8:10 AM

Storm-damaged equipment has been replaced, and service has been restored.

We greatly appreciate your patience and understanding while our technicians worked to resolve the issue and restore service as quickly as possible.

Thank you for your continued support!

BLIP Networks
O U T A G E N O T I F I C A T I O N
for August 13, 2026
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Tower(s) impacted: Elkville Elverado High School
Start time: 5:45 am
Estimated Restoration : 9:00am
Description:
- It appears that we have damaged equipment from the thunderstorm that rolled through early this morning.
- We are staging equipment and will have technicians in route soon.

08/13/2026

BLIP Networks Scheduled Maintenance Interruptions
for August 13, 2026
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Tower(s) impacted: Makanda RWC Hq, Carbondale S. Country Club NanoPop and Crab Orchard Nanopop
Start time: 10:00 am End time: 1:00 pm
Interruption Type: Intermittent
Interruption Duration: 5-20 Minutes: (within the time window listed above)
Description of Work:
- You will experience TWO 5-10 Minute outages, followed by a few momentary interruptions.
- We are upgrading our wireless link feeding this leg of our network. This will further increase performance and stability of affected customers' connections.

08/12/2026

BLIP Networks Scheduled Maintenance Interruptions
for August 12, 2026
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Tower(s) impacted: Marlboro Rd., Beaucorp NanoPop, King Hill Nanopop
Start time: 10:00 am End time: 1:00 pm
Interruption Type: Intermittent
Interruption Duration: 5-20 Minutes: (within the time window listed above)
Description of Work:
- You will experience TWO 5-10 Minute outages, followed by a few momentary interruptions.
- We are upgrading our wireless link feeding this leg of our network. This will further increase performance and stability of affected customers' connections.

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1677 Bus Highway 13
Murphysboro, IL
62966

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm

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