Start Your Own ISP

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Post by tomcam » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 6:05 PM UTC

Start Your Own ISP
startyourownisp.com

Re: Start Your Own ISP

#2

Post by mgav » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 6:19 PM UTC

Has anyone done this who would share their experience? Thanks!

Re: Start Your Own ISP

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Post by tomcam » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 7:23 PM UTC

mgav wrote: post #2

Has anyone done this who would share their experience? Thanks!

The website is completely free and was Created by a guy who is doing it all right now – his ISP already works great

Re: Start Your Own ISP

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Post by fouadf » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 9:23 PM UTC

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Re: Start Your Own ISP

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Post by neosavvy » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 9:24 PM UTC

This reminds me of these guys out in Brooklyn building out a sick fiber network.

http://bkfiber.com/

They have some of the fastest speeds in NYC and they had uptime surpassing numerous big names like Spectrum and Optimum after Sandy.

Re: Start Your Own ISP

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Post by neosavvy » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 9:25 PM UTC

tomcam wrote: post #3

mgav wrote: post #2

Has anyone done this who would share their experience? Thanks!

The website is completely free and was Created by a guy who is doing it all right now – his ISP already works great

I just moved to a new town and was thinking it would be great to do something like this. I was inspired by the guys I posted in the earlier article.

Curious about startup costs/financing.

Re: Start Your Own ISP

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Post by Nelkins » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 9:29 PM UTC

Guide seems like a great fit for people trying to be on the ISP side of projects like Althea Mesh http://altheamesh.com/use-cases/wisp

Re: Start Your Own ISP

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Post by grahamburger » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 9:46 PM UTC

Hey everyone! Author here. Happy to answer questions. Thanks for posting @tomcam!

Just a quick note about me - I currently work with the great folks at common.net running an ISP that is similar but not exactly like what's described here. Look us up if you're in East Bay maybe we can get you better Internet service! This site is not associated with common.net, though.

Re: Start Your Own ISP

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Post by tegansnyder » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 9:53 PM UTC

I started one of the first 56k dial up ISPs in Nebraska when I was 13 years old with the help of my parents. In high school I partnered with some friends after reading a CNET article about a WISP in Washington state. My friend's dad had a few businesses that needed to share a T1 line so we connected them wirelessly and sold the excess capacity to farmers in rural Nebraska and Kansas. It was an amazing experience. Working with networking gear, setting up FreeBSD servers, learning about NEMA enclosures, antennas, polarity, frequency hopping FHSS vs DSSS, 2.4,5.2,5.8GHz, and 900Mhz. We had our ups and downs and learned a lot about what gear worked the best. My senior year of high school we sold the company. I still browse my google history to feel nostalgia from those days :)

Re: Start Your Own ISP

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Post by pstuart » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 9:54 PM UTC

grahamburger wrote: post #8

Hey everyone! Author here. Happy to answer questions. Thanks for posting @tomcam! Just a quick note about me - I currently work with the great folks at common.net running an ISP that is similar but not exactly like what's described here. Look us up if you're in East Bay maybe we can get you better Internet service! This site is not associated with common.net, though.

In Alameda and you use Go. Woot!