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Dumb questions if the fiber is open to anyone, what service does the internet provider actually provide?
by therealdrag0 7mo ago
Dumb questions if the fiber is open to anyone, what service does the internet provider actually provide?
- alex_young 7mo agoThe equipment on both sides of the ‘tube’. Oh, and the backhaul to said equipment.
- globular-toast 7mo agoThey provide layer 2 and 3 of the OSI model[0] and usually other related services like DNS, DHCP, email etc. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model
- db48x 7mo agoThey give you an IP address, maybe ipv6 or a static ipv4 address if you pay more. They compete on quality of service, network policies, backhaul capacity, price, necessary services like DNS, extras like email or bundled Netflix subscriptions, etc, etc. Some of these qualities are more legible than others.