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From https://startyourownisp.com/posts/fiber-provider/ https://startyourownisp.com/posts/fiber-provider/, doesn't this site basically say connect to another ISP

From https://startyourownisp.com/posts/fiber-provider/ https://startyourownisp.com/posts/fiber-provider/, doesn't this site basically say connect to another ISP?

moffkalast 4y ago
Well there three tiers of ISPs, each one buying service from the one above them. It's ISPs all the way down, and the higher up you go the more expensive the hardware to run it gets.
- Macha 4y ago
  At the T1 level it's more completely a mesh type setup, but even lower tier ISPs might set up peering agreements to bypass their main higher tier ISP where it makes sense for cost or service quality reasons. Or refuse to to extract more money as in the comcast vs level1 disputes over netflix traffic a while back
  - lillecarl 4y ago
    Who is T1, T2 and T3? I really don't see it. Seems like that tiering has aged about as well as the OSI model.
- deleted 4y ago
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- MerelyMortal 4y ago
  I feel like this could be made into an ISP Tycoon game.
  - haunter 4y ago
    It actually does exist lol! Made by Cisco as an e-learning tool Gameplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foa34qoRzjs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foa34qoRzjs https://web.archive.org/web/20150317144142/https://cisco.edu.mn/Download/AspireNetworkingAcademyEdition.exe https://web.archive.org/web/20150317144142/https://cisco.edu...
    - RockRobotRock 4y ago
      Oh god, it seems to essentially be packet tracer under the hood. It's a great tool, but I HATED using it in school.
      - jethro_tell 4y ago
        gns3 perhaps? I haven't had that setup for a while but I loved it. I had my whole small ISP in it at some point to work as a test/lab env for testing things out. It's a trick to get going but was kinda fun. I took a copy of that when I left and every now and then I fire it up and mess around with my old dsl/dialup ISP from back in the day.
  - cptcobalt 4y ago
    Dang, as someone that enjoys Tycoons, Tactics, and Management Simulators, this really sounds fun.

From https://startyourownisp.com/posts/fiber-provider/ https://startyourownisp.com/posts/fiber-provider/, doesn't this site basically say connect to another ISP?

moffkalast 4y ago

Well there three tiers of ISPs, each one buying service from the one above them. It's ISPs all the way down, and the higher up you go the more expensive the hardware to run it gets.

Macha 4y ago
At the T1 level it's more completely a mesh type setup, but even lower tier ISPs might set up peering agreements to bypass their main higher tier ISP where it makes sense for cost or service quality reasons. Or refuse to to extract more money as in the comcast vs level1 disputes over netflix traffic a while back
- lillecarl 4y ago
  Who is T1, T2 and T3? I really don't see it. Seems like that tiering has aged about as well as the OSI model.
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MerelyMortal 4y ago
I feel like this could be made into an ISP Tycoon game.
- haunter 4y ago
  It actually does exist lol! Made by Cisco as an e-learning tool Gameplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foa34qoRzjs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foa34qoRzjs https://web.archive.org/web/20150317144142/https://cisco.edu.mn/Download/AspireNetworkingAcademyEdition.exe https://web.archive.org/web/20150317144142/https://cisco.edu...
  - RockRobotRock 4y ago
    Oh god, it seems to essentially be packet tracer under the hood. It's a great tool, but I HATED using it in school.
    - jethro_tell 4y ago
      gns3 perhaps? I haven't had that setup for a while but I loved it. I had my whole small ISP in it at some point to work as a test/lab env for testing things out. It's a trick to get going but was kinda fun. I took a copy of that when I left and every now and then I fire it up and mess around with my old dsl/dialup ISP from back in the day.
- cptcobalt 4y ago
  Dang, as someone that enjoys Tycoons, Tactics, and Management Simulators, this really sounds fun.