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1. DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab (djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology)'s status on Monday, 04-Jul-2022 23:01:36 UTC DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab

   you can pretty much start a wireless ISP with a router, a couple antennas, and a story.

   there are lots of places where a wireless ISP could enable access for underserved communities.

   some of those places could be in your neighborhood.

   • Charles U. Farley (freakazoid@retro.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Jul-2022 23:01:33 UTC Charles U. Farley

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     @djsundog I think the challenge is that the bigger you are the less you have to pay other providers to connect, and at some point they start paying you. And Netflix puts servers in your POPs.

     The bigger ISPs also get right of ways for free that you have to pay for.

     So it's not complex; you're just locked in a completely different category forever with little hope of even breaking even much less earning an income.

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   • DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab (djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology)'s status on Monday, 04-Jul-2022 23:01:33 UTC DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab

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     • Charles U. Farley

     @freakazoid yeah, operating a profitable ISP is a whole different kettle of worms for sure.

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   • DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab (djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology)'s status on Monday, 04-Jul-2022 23:01:34 UTC DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab

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     might even go so far as saying if it was complex it never would have worked. it had to be easy enough to implement part of it that lots of different people with different backgrounds and different equipment could make it all work together. the higher the complexity of the necessary subsystems, the higher the likelihood of failure states.

   • DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab (djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology)'s status on Monday, 04-Jul-2022 23:01:35 UTC DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab

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     "starting an ISP" of any flavor sounds hard. complex.

     the reality is, almost every ISP connects with the rest of the internet with one or more biggish connections to other ISPs, and they split that biggish connection up across a bunch of smaller connections for their customers.

     everything else is really extra - that’s the core gig.

     you can learn enough networking skills in the process of setting one up to keep one running for an arbitrarily long time.

     it’s not as hard as it sounds.

   • born 329ppm on Ngāi Tahu land (dch@bsd.network)'s status on Monday, 04-Jul-2022 23:01:58 UTC born 329ppm on Ngāi Tahu land

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     @djsundog the hardest thing I’ve found is figuring out how to connect to the existing infrastructure without the local telcos screwing you because they don’t want the competition. Tips welcomed on solving that bit!

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   • lamp@animesexual.community's status on Thursday, 07-Jul-2022 05:29:58 UTC lamp

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     @djsundog i'm an ISP for my neighbor lul

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