Can we create a connection to the internet ourselves without having to use a cellular 3g/4g subscription / wifi subscription?
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There’s already millions of computers connected to the internet without using 3g/4g cellular, or wifi. You can simply pull a network cable from your router to a PC, and you’ve got access.
Now that that’s out of the way, yes, you can connect to the internet without paying a subscription plan by founding your own “Internet Service Provider”, just like the many existing ISPs across the world. This is usually way more expensive just in material costs than to pay a regular ISP for access, and then you also have to perform all the maintenance your network infrastructure requires.
If you’re asking if you can create your own internet completely independent of the rest of the internet, the answer for this is also yes. You can conceivably design a network consisting of thousands of computers, including both servers and clients, and have them function in the same way as the internet. This is largely how corporate intranets work. Tons of “web” sites that are only accessible by computers within the corporation, not by users of the general internet.
However, there’s little reason to do this for an individual other than as a training exercise. What makes the internet actually interesting to use is the network effect it causes. You want to use the Internet because everyone else also uses the Internet. Almost no one would use the Goodlifesgoodnet because almost no one elses uses it.
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