How a group of neighbors created their own Internet service

I read about this when researching meshnets about a year ago. Along similar lines, Portland has its own meshnet, but I am not sure if the project is still active.

https://portlandmeshnet.org/

So does Toronto, and some other cities I seem to be forgetting.

I find this idea really enticing, and it is a goal of mine to start a meshnet in my own city. Unfortunately, the subculture here is small and music-oriented, and the techies I know are all about business, and wouldn't be in on a project like this unless they could make significant cash. I have been offered some money to build a startup around this idea, but could find no suitable method for monetizing it that wouldn't sacrifice my ethical values and basic idea. So, one day.

What is the point of that Catalyst 2940 switch?

https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dbiua...

This is nothing but socialist communal action. The owners of the upstream internet service should cut them off.

Shame on arstechnica for reporting on anti-captialist socialist nonsense! Go back to Prague, you pinkos!