This Man Launched a New Internet Service Provider from His Garage | Freethink DIY Science

Many people complain about their internet service, but Brandt Kuykendall did something about it. A resident of the small town of Dillon Beach, CA, he found the service to his town was too slow and expensive - so he started a DIY ISP in his garage. Subscribe: freeth.ink/youtube-subscribe-...
It took Brandt months chasing down companies to get access to internet infrastructure, but once he started Dillon Beach Internet his neighbors were clamoring for access to his faster, cheaper, and better-serviced network.
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[@freethink]

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[@littlejoys6886]

Sir, thank for your reply than how to create Internet in my home

[@littlejoys6886]

How much of cost do this

[@paulnathanielsmith]

Yep ;)

[@rayadamick8245]

Thought you’d have faster internet speeds

[@LTGnetwork]

this kinda only works in an aera were there is shitty internet though.

[@halex9075]

The most amazing part of this story is an ISP responding to a call and actually solving a customer's bad internet.

[@MikePowlas]

It's nice to see some people can steal see through all the noise and find the good part of something

[@jf6030]

😅 lol.. they did their part.

[@xixcudi]

Lol I work as a technician, it a uphill battle fixing WiFi or internet I do agree tho I have a lot of co workers who are POS and don’t do anything

[@noahluppe]

But it didn't sound like a consumer ISP but the provider for the cell tower, so more like b2b instead of b2c

[@CreatingAlong]

6 months tho

[@inferious777]

"Public Wifi is just terrible" -proceeds to show 2-10mbps *cries in third world*

[@debianlasmana8794]

2-10mbps and you have to share same connection with other user

[@inferious777]

@@debianlasmana8794 seeing that it was not a government-made animation, it should display the results if we were to check it ourselves.

[@gamingwithxan1430]

damn they got free wifi peak speed 12.76mbps

[@wasup23tube]

Most third world countries have far superior internet access that isn't throttled for CIA, NSA, and FBI surveillance. Hard part is getting access to it in remote areas.

[@d.t.w1390]

that things *shows 2-10mbps* it scares me

[@Himekocchi]

Technically speaking, what he did wasn't really that difficult. But for a guy who had no idea about how this works, all the effort that he had to go through to come up with a solution not only for himself but also for an entire community must be highly applauded. This shows just because someone says something is easy isn't necessarily so till the required effort is given. Well done!

[@livelyniko]

if it aint that difficoult then ddo it

[@cloudwalker679]

@@livelynikodude, it's literally not difficult. If you have wifi connection, you will know how easy that was. It's basically giving out internet from pre installed one big router😂(not exactly, but literally there's nothing more). P.S i'm not downplaying what he did or anything, just wanna say it's not difficult.

[@collared]

@@livelyniko why are you guys so tech illiterate? it literally isn't that difficult. you could do it too, if you had equipment, which isnt cheap, but is doable. what he essentially did is got fast internet from "real" ISP, and with antennas he bought, he is now sharing that internet with his neighbors. not that it wouldnt take a lot time of money to get something like this working, but it is, theoretically speaking, not that difficult

[@aaron6787]

This guy worked his ass off researching and getting this going. 4:45 is the moment you see how proud he is of his accomplishments. Not in an arrogant way either. In an "i did this to benefit my family and community" way. I see this in my dad the same I see it in him. We need more people like this.

[@schoolruler2]

He basically bought a whole bunch of expensive internet, got some quality equipment, and found other people that wanted internet to. He took a big chance doing this so I say good job.

[@GrahamSmart]

Yep. Got providers like this around in the country side in the UK.. Guy pays lots of money for Fiber, Puts up Wifi transmitters. Boom.

[@l3eans]

too

[@jaggsta]

exactly its at&t fiber internet and he just wireless broadcast it to other houses for profit he didn't make anything its at&t

[@DozIT]

It is not quite like AT&T fibre as he is most likely getting a business or commercial grade fibre. This means end to end, and typically a dedicated line not shared with anyone else. Commercial and Residential grade internet connections are very different, especially in price! P2P Fibe is very expensive and can cost upwards of $20,000-$40,000. He's also made a reliable WiFi network that covers ~10 KM (4 Miles?) which is pretty impressive. Granted there were few obstructions, and connections seemed to be line of sight, which are ideal conditions for a long range wireless network. @@jaggsta

[@Kamel419]

​@@jaggsta With AT&T connecting fiber to residential neighborhoods I can see why you would see it that way but what this man did is legitimately make an ISP, I'll explain. Every single ISP has what's known as a POP or Point of Presence. That is what inter-connects ISP's (It's not uncommon to have multiple POPs to multiple providers). This, collectively, is what makes up the entire Internet. I can tell you what he had installed was not a residential, or even commercial connection, but a legitimate POP based on the equipment. The cost for this is astronomical, he must be quite well off. Last I looked into it, the cost of installation was a base cost of several thousand dollars, then about $1k per cable mile (cable distance is much further than direct distance due to having to follow specific utility paths). That's only for the installation, once that's finished the cost of the service itself is typically over $1k/mo depending on the SLA (service level agreement - aka how long between it's broke and it's working again) and whether it is self managed and managed by the ISP. This is typically also accompanied with a legitimate contract which will likely have a span of 3-5 years. The longer the term, the better the deal but once it's up a new one is negotiated. The groups who handle these types of connections are completely separate from the ones who handle residential and commercial accounts.

[@curties]

wow that escalated quickly. from "i need internet" to "i wanna know how to edit DNA" xD

[@haphazardlyhype]

Crispr sets are fucking cheap these days it's now possible for people to start editing dna

[@ryankl1984]

I know right? Baby steps.

[@arnowisp6244]

@@haphazardlyhype Now let's just hope they know what their doing. Most of these edited genes are stable, much less the far reaching consequences of these edited genes when released to the wild.

[@jdeluca6181]

Exactly why not one piece on this video is true.

[@eljijo23XD]

Next headline: "Man from a remote island with his own internet company makes the first genetically engenieered cat girl"

[@TheMatthewDMerrill]

So he still relies on AT&T internet, pays them, and just sends internet to other peoples home like a big router....

[@f3lix3]

I did this in 2002 with aprox 500 apartments :)

[@Ondrap266]

@@f3lix3 of course you did

[@mokanasser]

This is the only way internet was provided throughout all 3rd world countries in 2000-2010 😂

[@aepedraza]

so does everybody else. ATT just own the fiber line in that point

[@aepedraza]

@@sIXXIsDesigns well yeah, but the same could happen to any company. If a chinese u-boat cut the fiber line

[@Fabian-bv2dz]

Emma's friends:"My dad built a shed this summer" Emma: "My dad built an ISP out of our garage solving the whole neighborhood's internet problem"

[@messianic_scam]

he charges them

[@bb-gb7jv]

@@messianic_scam yeah, he does So?

[@artyomarty391]

he didnt build an ISP. WHat he did, was he convinced an ISP to make a connection to his house, and he made a contract with the ISP that if he makes a cable line to all the other poor houses in the area, that he gets a cut Its nearly impossible to make your own ISP without investing hundreds of millions of dollars. Your own ISP means you have to have your own equipment, your own separate cable lines, your own servers, etc.

[@russellchido]

@@artyomarty391 He's providing internet service. There's no question here.

[@artyomarty391]

@@russellchido by that logic, best buy provides internet service because they sell modems, Home depot provides internet because they sell cable and tools for cable, the city hall provides internet because thats where they decide to make a contract with an ISP, and construction workers provide intrnet because they built roads so that technicians can drive on road to get to your residence

[@KlyzmTheFirst]

It’s always the garage..

[@EnnTomi1]

coz no where else could be. only garage ppl normally are empty and having tones of sapce.

[@raventhorX]

Also always California apparently.

[@RabbitsInBlack]

@@raventhorX Lots of Suckers with money to burn.

[@prawnmikus]

One day someone will achieve this kind of greatness in a rumpus room.

[@cheddarcheese]

Here in my garage

[@mahapplez]

Yes, he is a reseller but he genuinely is providing internet to this remote area. No one else took the time and money to do this. He hunted down a source of wifi and did the research to do this. That's definitely more than what most people would do. He's a hero in that little town for better connecting them to the rest of the world.

[@liant9314]

Well said

[@BenCos2018]

👍👍👍👍

[@f900ex5]

I say good for him and his town

[@joenodden]

He hunted down a cell tower***

[@jackoneill8585]

your hero is doing something that cable companies hate and my rates are high because of it..... like the jerks who went in bought ps3 and 4 bought them all up so i coulnt get one.. then implimenting a 1 per person when i wanted 2 for my family legitly.... so a handful ruined it for others... this guy only cares about profit....

[@kellyjordan1535]

I remember in Deerfield Kansas in 1981, the owner of the local grocery store mounted an LNA amplifier on a pole and aimed it at the side of his store and picked up 28 satellite channels. He then ran coax all over town and started his own cable company. His store was the satellite dish. The ingenuity of man never ceases to amaze me.

[@NarlyLyfe]

is this for real?

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

​@@NarlyLyfe Yeah, technically, this was pretty much the norm for underserved areas in the early days. In the days before satellite and national channels, it would be done by someone picking up local television stations in a spotty area and wiring people up to their centralised antenna with good reception. There was a lot of trial and error and ingenuity going into the concept. By 1981, it was not even novel, and the cable television industry was maturing and being corporatised.

[@NarlyLyfe]

@@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou Awesome it would be awesome to get a story on it.

[@Night_Night478]

"I swear off the internet!" **Becomes the Internet the very next week** "So what's next for you?" "I think I want to try transcending space-time."

[@KevinP32270]

HAAAAA

[@diggleda2952]

He could have proclaimed that he “Never wants to get involved with Gene editing!” And then the next thing he does is exactly that

[@nurbolbizhigit2557]

That's exactly the reason why Musk started Starlink

[@DylanTreadway56]

“Hey cell tower dude hook me up with some internet” *direct fiber line* What is this mans number??

[@Owlisen]

Who doesn't have fiber these days ??? ;-)

[@zathrasadama8338]

@@Owlisen most of the US

[@BB31official]

Me

[@slyseal2091]

germany still uses copper

[@fredbecker607]

@@Owlisen those of us that don't live in large cities or even small towns. Until recently 2-3 mb was great speed. New provider is just nowstarting up with another fixed wireless like he is using. Maybe 100mb now.

[@rrocc]

a lot of these comments saying they want a garage....hmmm I'm starting a business. I'll make you guys garages at my garage

[@thelitchfieldexperiment6269]

Yo, that sounds like a brilliant idea.

[@sieonthomas5353]

This guy is going places

[@task5147]

Start a garage sharing business 😒

[@7opinions182]

YESSSSSSSS!!!😁😁😁can I join?

[@JackassBauer1]

You need anyone helping you build your garage? Cause I had this idea, and I'm starting my own garage building company and....

[@billjohnson69]

They make it seem like Dillon Beach is in the middle of nowhere. It’s actually only 60 miles from San Francisco.

[@davidagudelo4304]

That's like 2-3 hours

[@billjohnson69]

I live 30 minutes from there, it is not a multiple hour drive.

[@nickopedia5669]

@@davidagudelo4304 what? that's like 1.5 hrs here in the US where we have freeways.

[@shreelaad4601]

60 miles is actually a lot dude.

[@shreelaad4601]

@@burqz i bet you guys have nice roads lol. 'cries in indian'

[@snicker2250]

The first 20 seconds or so I thought there was playing an ad

[@sopiel9112]

same'

[@weltarchiv4]

It's not uncommon. I think Vodafone is also still run from a single garage.

[@user-tj7hk1ss8d]

@@juaneduardovitoria omg maybe their internet suck

[@MuerteBolonesa]

@@juaneduardovitoria That is the reason why people move to movistar :), yo tuve el ADSL con vodafone y nunca más.

[@juaneduardovitoria]

MuerteBolonesa no se cual es peor la verdad, pero yo igualmente entre los 2 me quedaría con Movistar, aunque prefiero otros como Lowi (que en realidad es de Vodafone xd), O2 o pepephone

[@MuerteBolonesa]

@@juaneduardovitoria Ahora mismo estoy con O2 yo, pero solamente porque no me hace falta la fibra de 600 mbps de movistar y O2 es filial de ellos, sino aún seguiría en movistar. La única compañía decente, puede ser cara pero el servicio técnico es excelente

[@juaneduardovitoria]

MuerteBolonesa el de o2 tiene esa fama, yo la verdad tengo fibra pepephone y móvil Lowi, de momento estoy encantado con el precio y servicio de ambas

[@nutsy1]

My daughter is a crack head, one day she said i can't find a good crack anymore, i replied to her "hold my bear" And then i became the supplier/dealer for our town

[@nutsy1]

@Mobile NPC Russia bb

[@charleswoodruff9013]

LMBAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@chubbycheekslover3159]

@Mobile NPC 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joeschmoe6290]

Funniest reply ever!

[@igotsomespace]

LOL

[@jmar482]

This is great. I love seeing the “little guy” stepping in when there is a need that’s not being fulfilled by the big tech and telco companies.

[@Yosarion44]

"I want to learn about editing DNA" Its happening, boys! We're all geting our own real life anime catgirls!

[@chloetzpiano6548]

😂😂😂

[@Shadow-oq2th]

Ew weeb what about a real girl instead

[@carmalinekeshi9296]

@@Shadow-oq2th Peasant.

[@lands1459]

@@Shadow-oq2th boring

[@Kevin-jz9bg]

chill guyz u can love whoever u want i mean whomever

[@mrbane2000]

Real scary thing is seeing grams working on professional looking standing desk with dual monitors in some village far far away near coast

[@MaMahmod]

yeah i was shocked like excuse me wtf

[@CORZER0]

Grams and her "partner".

[@Softload3r]

What's scary about that?

[@Joviex]

it's only scary because you're ignorant

[@abursten]

This is pretty much in Marin county so.... I think that explains it

[@wrahvin]

"i think i want to learn a little bit about editing DNA" woh woh woh slow down there DR Frankenstein

[@funyou4153]

Lol another guy somewhere else in the country is selling crisper gene editing kits from his garage, the future is now old man!!!

[@flutterIgnite]

HAHHAA. for a moment I thought he was super cool then he said something crazy

[@abomani21]

LOL!!!

[@rich1051414]

Back in 2003, kids in college were gene splicing flies... He isn't as crazy as he sounds.

[@DetroitFlipKing]

Lol ok

[@AeoIian]

Wireshark: "It's free real estate"

[@brusch1553]

AHAHAHAHAH

[@diegoalejandrosarmientomun303]

No

[@ximenoworks]

Nmap and ntopng

[@TurtleSauceGaming]

when does this become their slogan?

[@rctime8279]

um no, all major and non-major websites have SSL enabled, so wireshark would be useless unless you can crack SSL.

[@norXmal]

This guy literally could know what his neighbour is doing on the internet, if he wanted.

[@marsrover001]

NORD VPN SPONSORED THIS POST TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW YOU CAN HIDE YOUR ONLINE BROWSING HABITS FROM YOUR ISP. /s this shouldn't have to be a thing. Bring back net neutrality.

[@cheat200]

And no one ın that hub can port forward

[@klanowicz]

ssl mate

[@norXmal]

@@klanowicz That's if they visit SSL websites and if they download it has to be HTTPS, doubt many of those who recide there knows of this.

[@huh8b7b27]

@@cheat200 exactly, they can't set up a server and try to connect it from outside network or the internet, this is like only incoming calls but for internet.

[@freeze1305]

Sets up a small wireless distribution network. Next logical step, edit DNA.

[@xena-ig5839]

lmaoooo

[@k.eubanks6473]

someone's been on skillshare.

[@TheRealAdam1012]

Riiiiight? That’s what I said

[@animewatch4213]

You can edit DNA in your garage now. technology is lot cheaper than 10 years ago.

[@dad6896]

hahahahaha exactly! what huge jump that was xD

[@STNG17-]

"Dad my internet sucks!" "Let me fix it" *build their own ISP then *I want to learn how to edit DNA "Dad my DNA sucks!" "Let me fix it" ...

[@akirabrr]

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk her head is too big for real, maybe he finds a solution with CRISP.

[@kornbread5359]

I give uv lightbulb and cigarette

[@smnsmts1916]

cringe

[@dunrossb]

Not to be a douche, but her daughter could benefit from a few DNA edits.

[@ItzMeKarizma]

@@dunrossb Hahaha

[@t0mkrup4]

excellent idea!!! done the same in the mid 90s in Poland. Got H-DSL 768kbps symmetrical line installed into my house, hooked up my neighbours to a FastEthernet hub (yes hub, switches were far too expensive at that time), and installed Linux on a PC, acting as a router... back then we had superior internet connection, most people were using 14.4k Dial-Up connections... Operating this small "ISP" was an excellent opportunity to learn Linux, i started offering various services on the Internet, like HTTP, SMTP, FTP etc. and was selling them to enterprises (with profit).. i have bulilt a solid background to become an engineer in the future, i am now working as a network architect for Tier-1 ISP and this would never happen if i did not start this small ISP initiative back then.. .once again... great job Brandt!! and all the best in your future endeavours!!! :)

[@jmdjasonday]

It's amazing what you can do with a whole lot of money.

[@ximenoworks]

Its not a whole lot in cal standards

[@kentheengineer592]

And what u can do without money

[@jmdjasonday]

@@kentheengineer592 true, true

[@patricksanders858]

Just wish THEY would stopfuckingwithpolitics and TRYto make the planet/world/people/life suck awhole lot less and even perhaps....do I dare ask....for it to be better? Amazing? Fruitfull and Meaningfull? Filled with Hopes and Dreams? Is that too much, you people with ALL the resources?

[@moahammad1mohammad]

@@patricksanders858 Gotta stop building militaries to destabilize and destroy eachother and just all work together already

[@simpletraveltech]

This is what was happening in Romania early 2000's when in Bucharest, a city of about 2 mil people, there were suddenly like 20 small internet service providers operating from what we call "drying rooms" in the apartment blocks. I personally installed racks and Linux routers like three a week. By 2007 we had around 200 ISP's in the entire city and the prices went from absolutely enormous to about 3 dollars for 100mbps. Which was more than affordable in an under developed country like Romania. Big ISP's had no chance and they started to buy one by one these ISP's but the damage was done. The prices dropped so high that even now, I have in my home in Bucharest a gigabit internet line for about 12$ oe 13$. Romania is on the 4th place in a list of countries with the biggest broadband connectivity in regards to prices. The story of Brand is great but in my city that was common thing.

[@logic7374]

free market always solves problems. government/socialism always makes problems

[@LancesArmorStriking]

@@logic7374 Except that's the opposite of what's happening. Free market means we shouldn't use government to interfere with these businesses (Comcast, Charter, Time Warner), that would be socialism right??????!!! No. Governments need to kick these companies in the ass and allow cities and state governments to take over. Companies' CEOs aren't chosen by voters, so if they create a duopoly or oligopoly, no one can stop them. If anyone tries to create their own ISP, they sue or outprice them until they're out of business, then go back to high prices. But that's capitalism, can't interfere!!! Once cities (like NY- NYC, Tennessee- Chattanooga, and California- SoCal) start making their own, the prices will drop and quality will skyrocket. It's a cartel system in the U.S. right now and it's a market failure. It needs to change.

[@MrJohannson]

@@LancesArmorStriking Except the reality is that it was these corps lobbying that ends up prohibiting regular folks from starting something of their own. Look up the Nygard case -- they faced charges for installing a wind turbine on their property. In a free market that wouldn't happen.

[@BRKirne]

@@LancesArmorStriking Actually, the problem is often that regulations make it so no one can really compete against the big businesses.

[@Po5tHum4n]

Same thing happened in Poland, We have thousands of local ISPs all over the country :)

[@recoile1124]

Editing DNA? This guy got good internet for a few months and already wanted cat girls.

[@Az21-]

Cat 6 or Cat7 girls? 🤓

[@dude_man_bro]

@@Az21- *facepalm* xD

[@chiteroman]

@@Az21- HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA XDXDXD.

[@dubi3508]

Sign me up whahaha

[@thetraveller7297]

I am working in it 🤫🤫

[@ThePonDePon]

I felt something hit me in my chest and reverberate through out my body with chills when I heard that he swore off technology and came back to make his own internet, I have never wanted to have a conversation with anyone more than I do now

[@renz1013]

this is "fine i'll do it my self" to the next level

[@scribblenaut100]

pretty under-leveld if you ask me. He doesn't own anything regarding the internet. He only provides it from the main line and transfers it forward.

[@renz1013]

@@scribblenaut100 but still he did something atleast

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

@@scribblenaut100 His provider could have done the same thing. They have a fibre line close enough to run it to this guy's house, and yet did not believe that others nearby would be interested too! It was an opportunity there for the taking! What is wrong with this company‽ Sure, it might not be a gold mine, but a mine loaded with copper still has value. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnqkqaWkoM6nr5I

[@leanerleisure6886]

@@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou you know what these isp employees are lazy as hell, Sometimes I feel like slapping them on their face, that's how I frustrated with my broadband connection, just started youtube but my isp really sucks (this is the only isp in my area)

[@GeorgeZaharia]

Legend has it he started editing his own DNA and turned himself into a garage...

[@hgrote]

or a pickle.. PICKLE RICK!!!

[@christianthompson1839]

@@hgrote delete your account

[@randomroughneck1030]

here in my garage

[@nampham9745]

Just bought a new wireless transmitter here

[@jprizain]

Lol

[@ExaneYT]

2:30 Public WiFi is terrible - shows faster internet than my house

[@mrhappy9979]

Exane when you have 5-10 people sharing the same internet it gets really slow

[@Filip100able]

400 kb/s down, 50 up.... :(

[@freekwijnmaalen4790]

in the netherlands: 200 Mb/200 Mb internet speed. max what i can is 1000 Mb/1000 Mb

[@jsgnextortex]

@@freekwijnmaalen4790 And do you think thats fast or slow?, I'm curious here.

[@leerman22]

Stuck on 5Mbps adsl, and a cable is just a block away god dammit!

[@jejee413]

This is the next definition and level of, "Fine, I'll do it myself."

[@TheWinezen]

"publicly sold Meth is unpure and unclean. Walter White: "Allow Me!"

[@genericyoutube]

"He always finds a way" .... WAITS 6 MONTHS.... oh look a call

[@bowesy101]

Then services the whole neighborhood with an internet connection...

[@oneday2261]

@@bowesy101 once you got connection through fiber, rest is not rocket science. doable.

[@MikePowlas]

@@oneday2261 It is a lot of fun to run a WISP. I have 3 towers running.

[@doggy351]

@@MikePowlas I watched this video couple a years back and it inspired me to start a wisp as internet was expensive and unreliable.

[@illegalwaffel6435]

*A call back...* big difference.

[@N0xiety]

The guy could also become a voice actor. He sure got some impressive voice there...

[@RakshithPrakash]

That's what I thought too

[@Anselwithmac]

TRIVAGO

[@tatzecom]

fuck yes dude, i would throw money his way to listen to him I dont care so much the topic, he can tell me a story or explain what hes doing there, but the fuckin voice dude, so good

[@charlieinabox1164]

Probably how he was able to convince the company who owned the cell tower to set up a fiber line honestly. "This dude sounds impressive, we should probably give in to his demands"

[@AbominableHuman]

He sounds like a silver spoon Californian - really unpleasant.

[@dh00mketu]

Whenever someone said: There gotta be a better way.

[@shaun6828]

I stayed in a few Airbnb units in Mexico City... I was impressed that they all had fiber connections going all the way through to the modems in the units. They also have city public wifi access points all over the place. It's good that 5G and services will offer some alternatives here in the US that might help push physical line ISPs to up their offerings.

[@z-juan4854]

why wont companies make office look like garage. garage looks more productive than office. lol

[@anthonyjh02]

So they feel professional like their jobs have any meaning

[@fredhuerta9514]

@@anthonyjh02 savage

[@andisch1265]

@@anthonyjh02 good point bro.

[@electronresonator8882]

people are willing to know you more or even pay you more, when you don;t look like random strangers or even homeless, some companies use this image to convince customer that they need to pay more for professionals level of service, despite whether it is true or not, but you need to get that first impression

[@ziauddin1068]

when ppl will use their 100% of brain🤣

[@user-ne2bb5nh7t]

I feel like more communities should do this. Just create internet co-ops essentially.

[@l3eans]

I have actually looked into this...there are a couple problems you will run into. 1) The ISP can flat out tell you no...and likely will do so. 2) They will want astronomical amounts of money...lets be honest they know they have a goose the prints money. 3) I go up to your neighbors, ring their door and ask them if they want better internet.

[@catlover1986]

@@l3eans Many communities start their own internet service provider and BAN normal ones. Then the only way to get business for the fiber companies is to have an agreement with the city. After doing this, most communities get super cheap internet that is very fast.

[@gfifer1]

@@catlover1986 Yup. These jackass ISP's will only listen if you hit them where it hurts... and that's right in the pocket.

[@iloveplasticbottles]

It costs millions of dollars to build a single data center than can provide decent speeds. I'm pretty sure this guy makes more than enough to have his own data center.

[@user-ne2bb5nh7t]

@@iloveplasticbottles That cost could be reduced if we passed a law stating that internet companies had to share all of the lines they install like our phone companies were required to do. They essentially lobbied the government to give them exclusive use and it's been extremely costly to both the consumer and the environment.

[@akhilesh.s.a.]

Almost brought me to tears.. I am very happy for you man.. I am inspired.. such a relief and happiness to see free, liberated humans..

[@worldview2888]

THIS is the sort of person i honestly really look up to .. he just does something and something really is created for its purpose. I cannot explain how thankfully and grateful i am to find this story. CHEERS!

[@michaelmiley9112]

Dude sets up a wireless network, charges his neighbors for use, then goes on to edit the human genome...….MERICA !!!!!!

[@Cobalt_027]

Its an advertisement

[@djentlover]

I was just about to say this

[@Cobalt_027]

@Hernando Malinche More like sensational journalism

[@rdtridge58]

*sets up a few routers* "I think I want to edit DNA"

[@JesusDiaz-il2xq]

Gankageddon radiation

[@houstradamus]

@Gankageddon thats DIA not DNA *Facepalm*

[@sidneysmith6698]

@@houstradamus DiNA lol

[@Ethorbit]

Gankageddon

[@jayclement5232]

Biohacking and DIY genetics is a thing.

[@rmoultonrmoulton145]

I am VERY curious as to how in the hell he got his own line ran to his house like that. Also, there's no ISP on the planet that would allow someone to privatize this the way he has. There's a BUNCH of info left out of this story.

[@SonicSW20]

Money. He paid them a lot of money.

[@jamesonmourafetis1780]

I’m sure he got a line from a local IXP and does his own transit.

[@nssherlock4547]

Curious? If fibre is avaiable,you pay for it,cost me $8k to run fibre from the node to our house on our property, I then paid a contracter extra to run it down to my workshop about a Klm away (can start,run and view my 5 axis machines from anywhere,worldwide) and to a house we rent out during the holiday season.This expense has payed itself of many times over in the last 5 yrs.

[@darthsailormoon4831]

He had an agreement with att to do this. Click the play button, it really isn't hard to do.

[@MikePowlas]

I have many WISP towers and yes isp will give you a line so you can actually distribute it out just like he did so there's nothing to be curious about he's all legal need to do your research.

[@MarushDenchev]

Cool. It reminds me that we had the same thing going on in my hometown ... 20 years ago. If only there was someone to call it entrepreneurship and not ... a daily job.

[@PowerUsr1]

This man has money. And lots of it. More than likely the service provider said ."yeah you can have the fiber but you pay for the digging and extension of the fiber" so yeah..I appreciate the do it yourself mentality here but this requires lots of money to do. Also he's operating as a reseller which means he pays the main ISP a fee for that as well.

[@percyblakeney3743]

EXACTLY.

[@ndumisoarthursaungweme3721]

MY FIRST THOUGHT EXACTLY. apart from the digging, the equipment should cause a dent in anyone's pocket that's for sure. also, the set up for his customers looks like it would have a large start-up cost. it should be cheaper over time though.

[@johna7287]

A $50k business loan isn't hard to get lol. Great start up capital

[@PowerUsr1]

@@johna7287 It does not cost no where near 50K. Digging trenches alone would run you well over 100K and that doesnt include permits ,crews and most likely land issues. Ir all it cost was 50K then the carrier wouldve done the job itself and sell to customers for a premium. Obviously its too much of a hassle hence the carrier didnt do it. So again, I admire the DIY attitude but it helps when you have tons of capital at the ready.

[@pressureflipin1992]

The line was coming through a wall. There was no digging. That is a beach community, everything is running through power lines up top. So it probably wasn't as much as you're thinking and of course the set up fee is going to be substantial there was litterally no internet there...at all. So these people paying $120 a month for internet, thats a steal for them!

[@crazypete3759]

I would love to see a detailed documentary about all the legal BS and actual cost of getting an "open" fiber line

[@Sekai_ikigai]

Same but I may try a budget free WiFi as a fun project lmao

[@luigidaniele6175]

It's a business model, just like any other business model nobody is going to just give you all the details and step by step on how to do it. Have to figure it out.

[@LunaForeverr]

same tbh

[@qasimsyed97]

Peter Dudas Im a tech in xfinity i do work on all types of cable and installation, although its hard, but i still want to learn how to buy tools and contracts for working as independent contractor for underground cables,which is big money 💴 💰 !!!

[@EnlightenedSavage]

We have the same thing here in Florida. It's a company that says they only do commercial stuff. But i could tell it was a money talks situation. It was done with OTA dishes so it can be done anywhere. There are no alternatives for regular isps in the area because of the monopoly here. I probably could have gotten it done but I just didn't have the funds back then.

[@DudeRandom]

The garage, the home for every entrepreneur

[@badatpseudoscience]

In the early days of the Internet, little "mom and pop" ISPs where pretty common.

[@GetCTOwned]

I love it when rural communities finally get tired of terrible or no internet so deploy the infrastructure themselves. As long as you have a solid network architect it’s not hard at all. Here in the UK, when I’m out in rural areas I automatically start solving connectivity problems in my head. It’s never a technical problem or even a challenge to connect these areas anymore. It’s a MONEY problem and the big ISP’s and carriers simply don’t invest where they won’t make suitable returns. Good on this guy!

[@sungkavong6595]

Dad sees $707 cell phone bill... Mom: I think she saw it as him doing it for her

[@melonheaded]

In italy 700 us dollar is an average electric bill amount to pay lmao

[@joshchulkim]

Umm... Electricity? Or internet? They are two different things. And I'm pretty sure this is in America brah. Don't know why you talking about Italy. BTW is it a norm to pay $707 for a cell phone bill in Italy? Let's compare apples to apples buddy

[@melonheaded]

@@joshchulkim electricity.. did you watch the video?

[@EthanoftheD30]

@@melonheaded the $707.00 was for the cell phone bill. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmaVgYyVmNx8qaM

[@joshchulkim]

@@melonheaded $707 was the charge for internet usage melonhead and not a electricity bill. Watch 2:43 and quit talking about electricity bills in Italy its irrelevant to this video

[@lanphanh]

This is exactly what I want to do 18 years ago, but you did it! Congratulations!

[@Cryptid_Anomaly]

Though my daughter is succeeding in passing her college courses I still feel it leaves something more to be desired. With some knowledge in genetic engineering I think I can overclock her learning capacity. NEXT on DIY

[@brinkshows2720]

from making a WAN (wide area network) to editing DNA? well good luck XD

[@TBasianeyes]

i think you are seeing only half of the story here. why is the guy in a uBiome shirt while his daughter is wearing a dress?

[@parillo12]

lol saying wan network is redundant

[@schweinekillerlp2245]

Isn't it really a CAN, rather than a WAN?

[@nova_vista]

Considering he learned how to do what he did as someone with no experience shows how dedicated he can be. I wouldn't doubt he can learn bio-engineering as well.

[@PinkDraconian]

@@schweinekillerlp2245 Def not a CAN as that implies al computers have relationships to each other.

[@viper1vols]

Sets up a few routers. Now I wanna edit DNA! 5G: Hold my beer.

[@Baigle1]

hahahahha

[@calvin2701]

5G : "does cancer count? "

[@rafoigraextra7441]

5G travel in air and have isuies fiber is the Best

[@iKingRPG]

It will probably take 20 years for them to get 5g you have to have antennas every 1,500 ish feet

[@johndoesalt7447]

Copy

[@aman.s.rathore]

Now I know why my isp is so slow. It's been running in a garage all this time.

[@ThisuraYapa]

Every great discovery begins in a garage.

[@Lucade2210]

My wife showed me the bill, so I decided to build a complete server side consuming 10 times the bill in electricity

[@adrianborinsky2989]

@PhyZeik He didn't create his own ISP he simply redistributes internet over air

[@tonyman1106]

​@@adrianborinsky2989 to be a real isp with a backbone line would require some serious gear and knowledge.

[@adrianborinsky2989]

@@tonyman1106 That's my point, what he did is, cool, but it's nothing crazy, anyone with a couple hours of research and a decent budget could do the same. Creating your own ISP however would be quite a feat. Hell, even connecting your clients with direct line, but a couple antennas is nothing to make news about. What he does is very common in europe with wireless internet sharing

[@s.i.m.c.a]

@@tonyman1106 actually not, sign a contract with uplink ISP for an ip block, tune peering using BGP in 2 clicks on the web page using some cisco or another vendors solution, where everything is already simplified to the level -> next, next and next - done. You r a real provider. Issues come on support, when some issue appearing with the connectivity, latency and requirement to expand

[@cheddarcheese]

@@s.i.m.c.a BGP requires both ends of the route to be configured. Routers that can handle eBGP are very prohibitively expensive.

[@heckyes]

Move to remote community, get upset that it's remote.

[@LarsBars44]

enticed2zeitgeist Dillon beach is not a very remote community to be honest. It has a giant tourism industry and it’s very close to Marin Sonoma county and the Bay Area. For it to have shitty internet it’s actually an issue because people spend millions on real estate and then realize they can’t work from home, in a world where everything revolves around the web you need internet to keep and maintain your job and other important aspects of life in general situations

[@flashcloud666]

Thanks. Saved me the time of watching this click bait.

[@n30_C0n]

#dead ☠

[@328450J]

Then gets bill of 700$ then goes and spends who knows how many thousands hahahahaha

[@igorthelight]

@@328450J He gets paid EVERY month. He has profit now. Hahaha indeed :-)

[@hunterleach5710]

The thing about building your own internet provider is it's just a one-time payment for the materials and nothing else plus no data caps or data limits plus you can use the internet anywhere you possibly can go, you can even bring your internet into an abandoned coal mine and play hypixel Minecraft server for hours until you have no power, and even another advantage, no throttling whatsoever

[@darksider_999]

finally someone who start their own ISP like me. My ISP service was reeally bad and i start my own, now i am sharing with my friend and 2 other neighbors

[@artyomarty391]

lol giving your wifi name and password to your neighbors isnt the same thing as starting your own ISP

[@darksider_999]

@@artyomarty391 lol no man its not from my router

[@artyomarty391]

@@darksider_999 explain

[@Sanglierification]

This video is bad. It takes 5 minutes to explain the problem and only 10 seconds to show his gear. I would have prefered to see the gear building process and how he did it

[@karmanatorjangpangi6520]

'DIY' got it?

[@RealHumanDave]

That's what I came here for as well

[@McCAlexander]

Same. This gives no understanding of how to create an ISP other than call an ISP.

[@discodench]

@@McCAlexander He's not an ISP. He has a line from AT&T that he subs out. The entire video is BS.

[@McCAlexander]

@@discodench well, that explains it then. Thanks

[@Quantum-Bullet]

Yup, editing DNA in his garage.

[@prawnmikus]

It's pretty common in California already. You can buy a CRISPR kit and mod some DNA at home today. Good for him! Always learning.

[@FelipeSantos-sw4kk]

Some guys in Canada made a yeast that produces THC instead of alcohol. This man has some work to do. I wish him luck.

[@FelipeSantos-sw4kk]

Nelson Raj they published it February 27th, my boss woke me up feb 28th asking me what was that and I tell you, that's fine stuff, but real weed is and always will be the best high.

[@stijn2472]

@Nelson Raj The thought emporium makes videos about editing DNA yourself and how to build lab equipment for cheap. here is a link: kzbin.info/door/V5vCi3jPJdURZwAOO_FNfQ

[@MakoNext]

It's like saying "Yup, having an ISP in his garage."

[@toshitsingh7270]

People quit in first try, he got the reply after 6 months. Great Inspiration 👍

[@DelimiterFrameworks]

I would go all over the planet to find this guy just to get help with my internet.

[@username4441]

*man becomes largest router owner*

[@jefferywilliams9592]

Those routers are very small actually. I am sure sufficient for the neighborhood.

[@username4441]

@@jefferywilliams9592 key point here is that the video title is 100% incorrect, and he is merely serving as a hub for an existing ISP, in an area with demand for internet but no access points. edit: also .. I am also guessing that this video was urged into creation by said ISP, they are basically utilizing private property (peoples homes) to become an eyesore microwave emitter to spread their network further and cheaper than possible if they actually had to build new infrastructure. They do this by picking one man, selling him on the idea of being king of the "startup ISP" in his area, and all he has to do is light his immediate surroundings up like a christmas tree 24/7 and turn his garage into a control room, making sure to enrich the ISP at the expense of his family and neighbors, while he receives a tiny cut of the profits and gets a neat video made about his "ingenuity" now they dont have to deal with pesky laws and can easily get around the "fortune 500 companies shouldnt be able to set up gigantic antennae/dishs in peoples yards/neighborhods/roofs" laws... because.. because its a genius private startup ISP! not the billion dollar conglomerate ISP!

[@kilosandkeyboards]

100% correct. I work in Networking, and as soon as I saw this, I started shaking my head. He's just sharing his internet connection with his neighborhood. This is like buying a ton of bread from a big bakery, then selling slices to your friends; it doesn't make you a baker. I bet that everyone is being PATed out of his singular IP address given to him by AT&T. This will get really interesting when someone in the neighborhood starts downloading some illicit material or pirating copyrighted content, and the government and/or copyright holders trace the IP address to this guy and his garage. Unless he's tracking which Private IP addresses he is assigning out to his neighbors and also logging their destination IPs and ports, he may find himself in some hot water.

[@dam.s]

@@username4441 so what you're saying is that he did not become an ISP, but did become a provider of internet services? I mean he goes to peoples' homes and installs the equipment for Pete's sake.

[@username4441]

@@dam.s Right, but if you charge batteries in your home and sell them door to door to your neighbors, while the power company gives you a cut.. are you the real energy provider here? Sure, I guess in the literal sense, but the power company is the source of the electricity used to charge the batteries. if this analogy even makes sense at all.

[@Ethorbit]

> Guy mentions DNA editing in a video > Everyone in the comment section magically become experts at DNA editing.

[@Administrator_O-5]

Isn't that how KZbin comments sections work? Regardless of the subject there's always experts in the crowd with all the answers...🙄

[@Void_Dragon]

Everyone: i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/001/191/035/135.png

[@BillAnt]

Everyone starts typing DNS 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4 lol

[@b3at2]

Lmao hilarious.

[@b3at2]

Magestic bullshit experts

[@nat0106951]

At the first seconds. I though he installed fiber cables under the sea with his ship all by himself 🤣

[@xzzx4664]

His wife: Baby I am so sad we dont have internet out here.... Him: Ok babe I'm gonna build you *THE INTERNET*

[@jcherrax]

Stilled gets cheated on

[@DanielPierce]

From ISP to CRISPR, I like this guy’s style!

[@freethink]

Hey, it's only three more letters, how hard could it be? :)

[@varunnikam]

same

[@MichaelImo]

Lol, that guy can probably see every packet those people send.

[@wreckless_-jl6uu]

Michael Fighter ofcourse but wouldn’t there be “something” about privacy invasion involved since it isn’t a business perhaps laws would apply to him in a manner. I dunno.. I probably didn’t say that correctly.. haha!!

[@tonyman1106]

​@@wreckless_-jl6uu yeah but most of the web is encrypted so more then likely it unreadable.

[@sebasfavaron]

@@tonyman1106 He can man-in-the-middle everyone and read everything he wants

[@ArwedMett]

Exactly :D I would be more worried about him not paying his electrical bill or accidentally shutting down the switch. Even though it would be funny to see everybody at Starbucks :D

[@mantid83]

Encryption my Friend.

[@CoverBydAn]

Man this man has such energy and positivity. Be like him!

[@Elementalism]

That is pretty cool story. Him being able to get AT&T to actually call him back is impressive enough. But to get them to actually work with him? Guy must be a genius.

[@BerryRust.]

"Dad I got a really bad math score in my test today" him: hold up let me re-conceptualize the entirety of math

[@danialK9]

Lmao next step "I think I wanna ... edit DNA" This should be a meme.

[@ernxy9897]

im waiting whos gonna start spreading the meme. lol

[@2sighkick2furious39]

Not liking this comment

[@2sighkick2furious39]

Too perfect

[@busybusiness9121]

I studied biology with economics now i want to sell kidney stones.

[@therealwillie2024]

This guy is what I am lol. People say we are full of ourselves or lying but we can literally prove it and have this guys attitude

[@no-ic5gw]

Dude this comment makes you look like a self obsessed idiot. Not helping your cause.

[@jaygarcia6094]

He did this for his daughter. Such a great father!

[@mnminnmn]

sending your kid to berkeley only costs 30-35k a year :) better bump up the ISP price a bit!

[@kidkool27]

Mad props to her for getting into a school that prestigious after going through that tho

[@winning77th]

never, thats rent money

[@cooliofoolio]

@brady093093 California

[@ToDie4r]

35k and someone say that is democracy lol cleptocracy

[@happyjohn1656]

2:35 Sure. Realistic iPhone "Connecting to WiFi" animation! 4:30 PM 3/12/2019

[@EviLRiskie]

best comment!

[@oscar7557]

Apple TM

[@StayPositiveLLC]

“Just show the damn phone connecting to WiFi”

[@josephramirez4551]

Amazing, my parents live in a small town east of Palmdale Ca. where the internet drops every few minutes fooey.

[@lucifersevenelevenmorningstar]

That was good Ol' "Thaiguy" back in the day who remembers Seattle-T3.

[@MayurBharali]

That last line motivated me, Thanks Internet.

[@wowulam7411]

So editing DNA Motivated you?

[@kbhasi]

Somehow, this reminds me of the origin story for Netflix. 4:36 Oh wow, a Mac Mini strapped to the wall

[@crashreport6356]

*LUL*

[@JayAyers]

There's a company in England that allows you to buy a server made out of Mac Minis. I wonder if thats his purpose.

[@kokozweeb]

@@JayAyers plux?

[@viveksahu_me]

His story is really similar to me how I contacted nearest Internet Infra provider and how we got Horizontal Directional Drilling done and laid OFC when no Infra provider was willing to get OFC laid in our area and how we installed overhead OFC on electrical poles and got internet to our home.

[@clarkclarke]

Great story .... "necessity IS the mother of invention"

[@navycalvin9337]

*"There's Gotta Be a Better Way"* -Brandt Kuykendall

[@mikesl6895]

There's gotta be a better way, let's learn to edit DNA

[@rodeanmajidy3372]

My dad barely knows how to download something off the AppStore...

[@Mr.Pop0]

My dad can barely dial

[@ManofCulture]

My dad barely knows how to operate a smartphone and laptop

[@coenraadloubser5768]

Good news. So did mine, before he started an ISP. Anybody can learn anything, quicker than ever.

[@0xssff]

@DM Locksmith :(

[@incineratorium]

What is this "dad" thing?

[@alexisbendelamousseauchocolat]

0:10 I was literally like, Sh!t this ain’t happening!

[@abraham4124]

Such a great inspirational story and how fast internet transforms the life of a family and somehow lifestyle of a city.

[@showmequick2245]

Guy gets direct fiber line just for him, Guy buys all of those equipment Guy owns freak giant ship All this work when you have cash in your bank. The guy is a rich man

[@DasBeatz]

Daughter also going to Berkeley and he's probably bankrolling it.

[@anabeni6510]

The moral of the story: Only a rich man with cash in his bank can help society and people around him. Stop being resentful, start working.

[@fel9118]

@@DasBeatz The reason my rent is 3300 for a 2 bdrm

[@banditto1969]

california resident... berkeley would be free if her grades were up???

[@jonathansthefanidomingues2075]

@@anabeni6510 My cousin and I did the same thing in my neighborhood years ago. He lived about 3km from here and got a 120mbps link at his house at a time when 1mbps was the top for the market. We made a 20 meter tower in his house and mine and whoever wanted access just needed to point an antenna in the direction of the tower.

[@TokyoUnderworld]

Wait until the neighbours find out he's constantly watching them through their smart devices and webcams

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

or they are being constantly irradiated by micrwave RF energy from his low lying tower in a residential area.

[@ctdesing]

He has the ability to watch them but i don't believe he's doing it, maybe having a look on their activity log.

[@gilanggilang9859]

I don't think he is kind of like that, if he like that, his negihbord wouldn't set up WiFi from his company

[@firekingM101]

@@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi what is the difference between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation

[@rajanmoses]

Let's not be a doubting Thomas

[@andyrandy0815]

Nutshell: in an area with slow internet, he purchased an own Fibre line (took 6 months) and now is reselling his internet via point to multipoint wifi bridges. Since his house on the little hill has a free of sight location to his neighbors, there is high internet speed to all of them.

[@socallife890]

Sets up basic microwave link with a sub gigabit Ethernet connection and then proclaims he wants to edit DNA at the end... lmao

[@kathulemerald8000]

Pretty much what I've been working on doing for the past 4-5 years here in Iceland for remote farmers and so on :) Glad to see this around the world.

[@arcticrunning8370]

Started watching this on my ISDN in 2018, just finished it.

[@gus4858]

Pp⁰

[@nicholus__4570]

🤣🤣😭

[@fanman421]

I worked with the first public access internet service provider in a city of 400,000 back in the day. If you decide to do this, you best be very good at customer service and be prepared for the unexpected.