We old Ham ops are everywhere. Short wave will not patch the web. But there are digital come. IVe done most of them and have the equipment. Hold Amateur extra and GROL Commercial license Ran Navy/Marine MARS station out of my home for 19:years. That service is long gone. Also many of the operators are gone.
My First Class Radio Telephone w/Ship’s RADAR endorsement (1977) was converted to GROL by the FCC. Amateur Extra, but kept my callsign from 1976 as it has a long history.