News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes. Parent comment

Re:Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands ... by soared on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @06:52PM (#43711195)
Drop flyers on campus/doorsteps when students move in, good way to get 1 year contracts if those are worth it for you (might not be). Comcast just walks door to door and hands kids routers on the spot.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands ... by Nick-W on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @07:56PM (#43711632)
We'll probably do a "hard-launch" soon where we'll do a bit of advertising and open up installs within the city, instead of just serving homes up in the mountains. Good news is we don't need contracts, we have exactly 0 turnover and no real competition, it's not hard to beat Starlink and everyone universally hates CenturyLink/Comcast here.
[ Parent | on HN ]