Can we create a connection to the internet ourselves without having to use a cellular 3g/4g subscription / wifi subscription?
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The Internet is largely built on trust. No one really likes to admit it, but its true. Trust that no-one will fuck things up. And that makes people twitchy.
Do the people you want to connect to trust that you are who you say you are? If so, in theory it boils down to a wire connected to a comms cabinet, connected to an exchange, connected to a data centre connected to everywhere else in the world.
HOWEVER in the real world, almost everything is hosted by a depressingly small number of organisations. AWS hosts nearly half the WWW. Google took over Usenet many years ago. If you can’t get to them, you can’t do jack. And if they say “no” you’re fucked.
Setting up your own connection is possible, but unbelievably expensive, will require massive negotiations with major corporations and frankly really not worth it.
Back in the 70’s and 80’s maybe. Not now.
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