In this case you're still beholden to your ISP and whoever controls them. True decentralisation would be something like mesh networks, making use of only local device capabilities.
If your ISP is not a dumb pipe then everything else is already lost.
Mesh networks only work if you pay the big money for rental on building roofs and existing towers. This money, and so height, and so line of sight, is why cell networks work. You might get some non-profit going in areas especially conducive to it (ie, high population density cities where residents have access to their roofs, or coastal areas with large mountains).
Mesh networks only work if you pay the big money for rental on building roofs and existing towers. This money, and so height, and so line of sight, is why cell networks work. You might get some non-profit going in areas especially conducive to it (ie, high population density cities where residents have access to their roofs, or coastal areas with large mountains).