UPDATE: Beeper, through their Twitter account, is saying that they’re working on it and “hope to have good news to share soon”:
Work continues to fix the issue causing the Beeper Mini outage. We know how hard this has been for those who loved using Beeper Mini, and we’re extremely sorry for the inconvenience. We are feeling good, though, and hope to have good news to share soon.
A) Apple stop being scummy
B) USA gets a grip on this bubble colour nonsense and stops using iMessage
Which comes first?
I think you’re being optimistic in thinking that either of those is going to happen.