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How do you lay your own fiber and actually get connectivity? I've always wanted to try and take complete control of my internet, but as I understand it, the mo

• ChuckMcM 13y ago
  Actually you can, if you choose to, work out with a metropolitan area to put fiber between any two points, working with states to get it between states is more work and really needs a small staff to keep track of all the action items (you'll meet a lot of politicians). There are some dusty workable rules laid over from the AT&T breakup in the US that require some access rights. The last time I priced it out (I was depressed about my choices) it was about $125K to get a fiber between my house and the nearest peering point (PAIX, which is slightly closer than MAE-West). That was about $10K per mile. Once you get there you need to find an IP transit provider to hook up with. Lots more choices than 'cable' or 'dsl' though :-)
• scarecrowbob 13y ago
  The businesses that serve up to that last mile will vend to folks. At least, out here in the sticks in texas, there are guys who have businesses laying wire and building towers-- you'd call one of them and have them get service, just like time warner or whoever does when they want service in an area. Not cheap, but if you have a business or a community, that's what you do, as I understand it.
• lmm 13y ago
  If you want to peer with one of the core ISPs you'd probably need to be serving something compelling your side, or at least be willing to pay massive penalties for an imbalanced flow. Even at that level there's nothing magic about the process: you sign a contract with them that says you'll connect your networks together.