Any of those friends within a few miles that want to make their 1-gig internet bill $0/month in exchange for a link/mount on (their existing?) TV tower? Ubiqui

Any of those friends within a few miles that want to make their 1-gig internet bill $0/month in exchange for a link/mount on (their existing?) TV tower? Ubiquiti gear can get you an airfibre 1-gig+ link for $1k-$3k: https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-airfiber https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-airfiber (+ tower costs of course) Or less for the "consumer grade" stuff: https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-airmax-devices https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-airmax-devices From there, you can distribute your network. Backyard to backyard is easy. Across municipal rights-of-way is more complicated with physical cabling.