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Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts by ku1ik on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @11:35AM (#44171169)
Well, you can’t really self-host your internet connection anyway :)
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Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts by rollcat on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @03:03PM (#44173439)
Of course you can. It's called an AS (autonomous system), I think all you need is an IP address range, a physical link to someone willing to peer with you (another AS), some hardware, some paperwork, etc; and bam you're your own ISP.

My company has set this up for one of our customers (I wasn't involved).

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Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts by computably on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:02PM (#44185516)
> all you need is an IP address range, a physical link to someone willing to peer with you (another AS), some hardware, some paperwork, etc; and bam you're your own ISP.

I'm pretty sure the connotation of "self-host" entails a strictly substantially smaller scope than starting your own ISP.

Finding someone willing to peer with you also defeats the purpose. You are still fundamentally dependent on established ISPs.

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