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1135 points carride | 1 comments | 10 Aug 22 13:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.32s | 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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1. dbelson ◴[11 Aug 22 00:57 UTC] No.32420345[source]▶

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Also very much worth reading on this topic: Tubes by Andrew Blum (https://www.andrewblum.net/tubes-2)

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