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CHRIS HACKEN
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The War on Upstart Fiber Optic Internet Providers
Note: This was originally published March 11, 2020 on my personal blog chrishacken.com. I accidentally (or purposely?) deleted the virtual machine that it was running on sometime in early 2024. I decided to recover the article from archive.org and repost it below for posterity. As someone who grew
Starting an Internet Service Provider - Part 2 - Deploying Fiber
Note: This was originally published September 09, 2018 on my personal blog chrishacken.com. I accidentally (or purposely?) deleted the virtual machine that it was running on sometime in early 2024. I decided to recover the article from archive.org and repost it below for posterity. Nearly 2 years ago
Starting an Internet Service Provider
Note: This was originally published February 19, 2017 on my personal blog chrishacken.com. I accidentally (or purposely?) deleted the virtual machine that it was running on sometime in early 2024. I decided to recover the article from archive.org and repost it below for posterity. I decided to start
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I've spent nearly a decade building internet infrastructure in places the big providers ignored — laying fiber, fighting policy battles, and learning what it really takes to build something physical from nothing.