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Re:NYC Mesh – community-owned network to replace your curren... by bikamonki on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @11:15PM (#17865249)
"The network connects directly to the internet backbone, so we do not rely on an ISP."

How does it work? Can anyone connect directly to the Internet backbone?

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Re:NYC Mesh – community-owned network to replace your curren... by _m_a_t_t_ on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @12:14PM (#17869386)
I think that is just meant to be an approachable way of saying that NYC Mesh peers on public internet exchanges

https://nycmesh.net/peering/

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Re:NYC Mesh – community-owned network to replace your curren... by amazon_not on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @03:24AM (#17866353)
Anybody with enough money can connect to one or more IP transit providers ("the Internet backbone"). It will usually set you back a few thousand dollars per month.
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