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by Scoundreller 1892 days ago
Make friends with someone on fibre 2mi away with an old TV tower or at the top of a hill. Set up your own link.
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Yeah, that's how we got most of our Internet access here in Czech Republic, starting ~2005. The monopolistic telecom company was totally incompetent so people banded together, bough some upstream connectivity and the connected themselves to that link via wireless point to point links using commodity WiFi hardware with directional antennas.

Since them most of these networks are still in place, now in the 100 mbit/gbit territory. And while most turned into commercial volcanoes over time, there are still some that work as community organizations to this day.

This seems weirdly specific and not terribly practical advice
how so?
Find an old tower? c'mon