301 witches.town/@ilianathe somewhat bizarre thing about being your own ISP is that everything actually works?
ðŸŒ@ilianaw isn't there always someone upstream from you, though?
.@therealklanni sure, unless you're tier 1 (and even then it's handwavy). but the key differences from a commercial ISP:
especially in a place like seattle, you can directly connect to networks that carry a lot of bandwidth (CDNs, streaming services, etc.) -- and basically talk to them for free (the one-time cost of your SIX port, in this case)
when you contract with a transit provider, you're often getting *guaranteed* speeds, not just an arbitrary limit