Starting Your Own ISP
The cluster focuses on discussions about the idea of individuals or communities starting their own local Internet Service Providers (ISPs), including feasibility, costs, technical challenges like upstream connections, and real-world examples from rural or underserved areas.
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It's no different than trying to start a local ISP anywhere.
I live in an area with one ISP. What do I do? Please do not tell me to 'start my own'.
Sounds like he should start his own ISP. There was a great HN post a while back about someone in rural America that did that.
I'd start my own ISP for the area
How much does it cost to have an ISP let you do that? What are the barriers generally?
Start your own ISP and make it a dumb pipe.
Sounds like a good business opportunity for you, setting up your own ISP. Go for it.
Become an ISPhttps://hackaday.com/2017/11/18/becoming-your-own-isp-just-f...
There's "Start Your Own ISP":https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Ask HN: If I wanted to create a very small cooperative ISP for my family and a handful of neighbors, it doesn't seem like rocket science, except...At some point it has to connect to the Internet, meaning I have to buy some sort of connection. How's that work?