As others have said, as a small isp you're gonna need to start off by buying transit. But the core philosophy is to peer with your peers, might sound stupid, bu

As others have said, as a small isp you're gonna need to start off by buying transit. But the core philosophy is to peer with your peers, might sound stupid, but you should look towards other isp that look like you. There are already a lot of diy internet communities, most doing one kind or another of wireless mesh to connect to end-users. Some have as numbers and can peer at regional colo centers. * guifi.net (spain, mostly in catalunya, as49835) * ffdn.org (france) (see also: gitoyen.net, as20766) * freifunk.net (germany) (see also: community-ix.de) * ninux.org (italy, as197835) * riseup.net (as16652) Most networks can be found on peeringdb.com. You can also start poking at local NOG mailing lists (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_network_operators'_group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_network_operators'_gr...)