[Here](https://www.allconnect.com/blog/can-you-become-your-own-isp) are a [couple](https://startyourownisp.com/) introductory sources on the matter. In short, yes, you can make your own ISP. WISPs are common due to necessity, but it’s not the only way, provided you get legal rights to lay cable, or you buy already existing dark fiber. Your area may already have an ISP with what is essentially a legal monopoly, in order to “recoup” the costs of deploying what they argue is an essential public service, which they also have complete control over… [Here](https://blog.thelifeofkenneth.com/2017/11/creating-autonomous-system-for-fun-and.html) is a blog from a guy who did it just for fun, but his is a different kind of ISP.
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