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I have been looking for a cofounder to start an ISP since 1997 when I stopped running the first ISP I founded in 1988. I never found a business partner who didn't want to overcharge the customers.

First, fiber can be done much better than any provider I've seen. Every house 4x10gbps openflow switches with P2P fibers to the neighbours brings down the network cost below $1 per month (from $10-$25 rental). IP transit cost for most would be just $1. Maybe another $1 for a huge disk cache (TV streaming). The most expensive part of the fee would be for helpdesk, support and billing.

The router can have TOR and anonymous VPN hardware at linespeed.

Better still to do Enernet: optical plus electrical grid, so you can trade your solar and ev battery electricity with the neighbourhood.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309254511_Fiberhood...