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Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes

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1135 points carride | 1 comments | 10 Aug 22 13:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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tryptophan ◴[10 Aug 22 15:04 UTC] No.32413212[source]▶
Crazy idea, but why can't we just buy some armored cable and let it lie on the ground? People can bury it themselves if it really bothers them.

A lot of these people dont seem rich enough to justify caring about it being pretty...

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1. throwaway0a5e ◴[10 Aug 22 15:10 UTC] No.32413287[source]▶
Traditionally the solution is to have a tiny outbuilding with your electric meter, water valve (if you're on town water) and landline connection and then let the homeowner deal with the bulk of the length of the line run.

Getting electrical and water in those situations is always a town by town crap shoot because the trades are constantly lobbying to disallow it because they want more work. I assume ISPs are the same way.