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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 | 2 comments | 10 Aug 22 13:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.502s | source
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jleahy ◴[10 Aug 22 16:35 UTC] No.32414772[source]▶
My wife did this, about 6 months of digging up roads in central London. Would recommend. AMA.
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1. moritonal ◴[10 Aug 22 17:03 UTC] No.32415227[source]▶
As a fellow Londerer please please expand on this. Like, why, what were the returns, what'd you peer into?
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2. jleahy ◴[10 Aug 22 17:11 UTC] No.32415373[source]▶
Why - 30mbps download and 0.5mbps upload, it was really the upload that was crippling (think video conferencing)

What were the returns - time will tell, but I probably have the best internet in London

What do we peer into - 10Gbps of NTT, two more 1 Gbps full peering sessions, plus the LONAP internet exchange to pick up Google, Netflix, etc. Plus my wife (AS210412) peers with me (AS211289) of course.