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> As a private citizen, can I purchase a bunch of land between me and, I dunno, a DNS node or whatever and just lay a super long fiber cable straight to it? I'
by vmarsy 9y ago
> As a private citizen, can I purchase a bunch of land between me and, I dunno, a DNS node or whatever and just lay a super long fiber cable straight to it?
I'm sure you can, the issue is do you have a couple million $ in your bank account to do this?
- maehwasu 9y agoI do; want to come and hang out on my compound?
- muninn_ 9y agoSure
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- ryanisnan 9y agoYou joke but...
- ogsalman 9y agoYeah!
- komali2 9y agoI want half a mil spent on us wearing new socks every day for the rest of our lives, and the other half spent on a pool full of sushi. I understand the pool full of sushi would go bad in about ~8 hours if it is not eaten. I can guarantee you this will not happen.
- jonbronson 9y agoStart a kickstarter/gofundme. I'll contribute.
- komali2 9y agoThis is the route I'm thinking - crowdfunded. Problem is how do you crowdfund "unfettered, utility-style access to the internet" when your funders are spread across the country? It would have to be municipality by municipality. Much harder to get a concentrated volume of funding. Could go the VC route, are there other companies doing this right now? Is the profit model not sellable to a VC yet? It might not be feasible until the actions of other ISPs drive demand high enough for new ones.