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ELI5 How much money does it take to start up an ISP? Like my subdivision we only have two choices. Why not just set up a building in the center of sub and everyone pay was less for internet? (lemmy.world)
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Can someone break it down for me. Like the reach of the wifi or do i need to connect cables to everyone

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You need to define what you want

"Set up an ISP" is meaningless

I could probably set one up tomorrow, that doesn't mean anyone is going to pay me money or experience my (apparently meaningfully different from the competition) product

I'd have to first set up (or pay someone to set up) a load of infrastructure to handle the actual connections, but also all the customer support and initial sales stuff to get people signed up.

Assuming you figure all that out you just need to convince a load of people to go from their currently "no complaints" life to a new unknown

Remembering we're in 2026 where a large percentage of people's jobs happen via the internet

Basically, money isn't really the problem