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bigbugbag on April 7, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: One reason we lack Internet competition: Starting ...

I'm not sure you have to build and own your own fiber network to start an ISP, actually there's a trend of people making their own ISP and they report that it's not that hard: "Y U NO ISP, taking back the Net [30c3]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPIoO3Pkc5U

jlgaddis on April 7, 2014 [–]

> "... and they report that it's not that hard"

Heh, I've heard my boss (the co-owner of an ISP) say those exact words I don't know how many times.

NB: It's harder than it sounds.

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