Comment by treesknees
3 years ago
He did start an LLC but it's not a business in the sense that he's hiring a corporate structure around it or kicking up VC funding, or even trying to make a profit. It's admirable because how many other ISPs can you point to with this model? I can't think of any.
Most small local ISPs are like this, a labor of love, not something who’s singular purpose is to make the owners unimaginably rich. Cruzio, in Santa Cruz, and MonkeyBrainz in San Francisco come to mind.
> When the federal government money became available, the county issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking contractors to wire up addresses "that were known to be unserved or underserved based on the existing survey," he said.
The world is full of small businesses doing good work in exchange for pay. theVC bubble isn't everything.