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Re:Forget Comcast. Here’s a DIY Approach to Internet Access by crispyambulance on Friday August 05, 2016 @12:44PM (#12233745)
Now I am really mixed up. How else would an independent ISP get to "the internet at large"? Isn't that what a peering agreement is all about at an IXP?
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Re:Forget Comcast. Here’s a DIY Approach to Internet Access by devicenull on Saturday August 06, 2016 @04:58PM (#12239900)
They'd have to buy transit from a provider. Peering is connectivity between two ISPs. Transit is connectivity between you and the rest of the internet.
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Re:Forget Comcast. Here’s a DIY Approach to Internet Access by crispyambulance on Monday August 08, 2016 @01:04PM (#12249216)
There are perhaps missing details, but Guifi seems to have "become" a provider by having "enough" customers. They got a peering connection.

There's a threshold beyond which peering make more sense than transit... (http://packetpushers.net/transit-vs-peering-makes-sense/).

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