#capitalism, in practice:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/man-who-built-isp-instead-of-paying-comcast-50k-expands-to-hundreds-of-homes/

Operating an #ISP isn't #Mauch's primary job, as he is still a network architect at Akamai. He started planning to build his own #network about five years ago after being unable to get modern service from any of the major ISPs.
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As we wrote last year, #AT&T only offers #DSL with download speeds up to 1.5Mbps at his home. He said #Comcast once told him it would charge $50,000 to extend its cable network to his house—and that he would have gone with Comcast if they only wanted $10,000. Comcast demands those up-front fees for line extensions when customers are outside its network area, even if the rest of the neighborhood already has Comcast service.
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Mauch was using a 50Mbps fixed #wireless service before switching over to his own #fiber network. In addition to his home Internet customers, Mauch told us he provides free 250Mbps service to a church that was previously having trouble with its Comcast service. Mauch said he also provides fiber backhaul to a couple of cell towers for a major mobile carrier.