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Re:Forget Comcast. Here’s a DIY Approach to Internet Access by Spooky23 on Thursday August 04, 2016 @06:19PM (#12228862)
No way. ISPs that own infrastructure are capital intensive business that print money over long time horizons.

Their operating margins are like 97% profit, and depending on the maturity of the network, the costs on debt service are something like 25% to 90% of costs. It's a business that generates consistent long term profit and cash flow.

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Re:Forget Comcast. Here’s a DIY Approach to Internet Access by amazon_not on Thursday August 04, 2016 @07:13PM (#12229107)
The trick is to both come up with the money and survive over long time horizons. Neither is that easy.
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