This is terrible. If I'm being charitable it's at best a 1,000,000 foot view which will help exactly nobody understand what it actually takes -- if I'm not it's leaves out so much detail that it crosses over into being wrong.
OP here. It answered the question for me: what would it take to break away from the chains of the ISP oligarchy? The answer: a lot, unfortunately, and is probably out of reach of most individuals. But it can be done with a small community of people.