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Originally Posted by Hank
Can we do that? Can we circumvent all this Phorm and ISP cr@p? Massive undertaking... huge opportunity to ensure freedom and privacy perhaps. Would need to start a new "W3C" or RFC process perhaps etc. Lots involved but you make a very good point...
Hank
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It's quite easy really. Using existing PSTN phonelines, this is how the Internet started. A 56K modem is connected to the telephone line and a Linux server is setup with
mgetty and
pppd. IP over serial cable was what we used before broadband! To be an Internet provider all you need are a bank of telephone lines a number of servers and a thicker/faster cable to connect to the next upsteam Internet provider. And with the LLU (local loop unbundling) you to can become a communications provider.