This might be a bit much for a single person, but your question reminded me of a piece[0] from last November which covered the creation of a local ISP, the Doe

This might be a bit much for a single person, but your question reminded me of a piece[0] from last November which covered the creation of a local ISP, the Doe Bay Internet Users Association[1], on the Orcas Island after the residents had poor experiences with CenturyLink. The ISP also has some technical details on their website[2]. Previous discussion on that piece[3]. [0]: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/how-a-group-of-neighbors-created-their-own-internet-service/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/how-a-... [1]: https://dbiua.org https://dbiua.org [2]: https://dbiua.org/technical-details/ https://dbiua.org/technical-details/ [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10487419 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10487419