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

(arstechnica.com)
1135 points carride | 1 comments | 10 Aug 22 13:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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samwhiteUK ◴[10 Aug 22 13:45 UTC] No.32411821[source]▶
I'm going to put my hand up and say I have absolutely no idea how an ISP works. He runs cables to each house in the area... now where does the other end go?
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beezlebroxxxxxx ◴[10 Aug 22 14:22 UTC] No.32412468[source]▶
There is a very good Ars Technica article on how an ISP works. It traces the whole network, from submarine cable through to last mile into a house. It was written in 2016, but I imagine it's still relevant:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/05/how-t...

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1. digdugdirk ◴[10 Aug 22 16:00 UTC] No.32414197[source]▶
Thank you, that was a great link for us uninitiated folks.

Also another great plug for ArsTechnica (even though the main article is them as well, and I'm sure most of this audience is well aware of them) and the excellent technical writing they do.