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Off-topic: When broadband came to my hometown around 2003 it was build out by a local guy so I managed to ask him to provide us a static IP address. I am always

by sly010 10y ago

Off-topic: When broadband came to my hometown around 2003 it was build out by a local guy so I managed to ask him to provide us a static IP address. I am always amused when I visit my parents that their IP address is still the same. Off-offtopic: The cable modem broke down once. We called the guy, he picked it up 20 minutes later, soldered the broken capacitor and we had our internet back in 2 hours. It was on a Saturday. He didn't have to do any of that, he had monopoly on broadband on the entire area. Small ISPs are the best.

fao_ 10y ago
> He didn't have to do any of that, he had monopoly on broadband on the entire area. Small ISPs are the best. I'm guessing part of it is because they only preside over a small area that there's a human element to it, they must feel responsible for the internet of these people, and they're close enough to them (in the hierarchy) that that actually matters.