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If they pass net neutrality, can we legally build our own internet/ISP/distributed network?


You can, it'll just be a lot more expensive AFAIK.


Why?


Regulatory and compliance costs are regressive - they target small businesses because they're aimed at large businesses but tend to adversely affect smaller ones at a greater rate.


Are we talking about net neutrality here? Because I don't think NN can be costly. Net Neutrality is the _natural_ state of computer networks, you don't have to do anything special.


NN regulation is not at all the "natural" state, which is why I think its a bad idea.


Suppose you're a new ISP. Explain what is the cost of complying with NN regulation.


To a new ISP, I'd say budget %10 of subscriber fees to regulatory costs till you reach 5-10k subs.


I mean, what would you use that budget for? Why would it need to be 10%? I'd say it's 0%.




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