This Man Launched a New Internet Service Provider from His Garage | Freethink DIY Science

It took Brandt months chasing down companies to get access to internet infrastructure, but once he started Dillon Beach Internet his neighbors were clamoring for access to his faster, cheaper, and better-serviced network.

What do you think? Would you be interested in starting an ISP? WISP setup (that's wireless ISP setup for you newbies) may be easier than you think. Could it save the internet amidst the net neutrality debate? Let us know your thoughts in the comments and remember to check out our other DIY science videos.

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[halex]

The most amazing part of this story is an ISP responding to a call and actually solving a customer's bad internet.

[mahapplez]

Yes, he is a reseller but he genuinely is providing internet to this remote area. No one else took the time and money to do this. He hunted down a source of wifi and did the research to do this. That's definitely more than what most people would do. He's a hero in that little town for better connecting them to the rest of the world.

[schoolruler]

He basically bought a whole bunch of expensive internet, got some quality equipment, and found other people that wanted internet to. He took a big chance doing this so I say good job.

[aaron]

This guy worked his ass off researching and getting this going. 4:45 is the moment you see how proud he is of his accomplishments. Not in an arrogant way either. In an "i did this to benefit my family and community" way. I see this in my dad the same I see it in him. We need more people like this.

[inferious]

"Public Wifi is just terrible"
-proceeds to show 2-10mbps
*cries in third world*

[DylanTreadway]

“Hey cell tower dude hook me up with some internet”
*direct fiber line*
What is this mans number??

[TheMatthewDMerrill]

So he still relies on AT&T internet, pays them, and just sends internet to other peoples home like a big router....

[curties]

wow that escalated quickly. from "i need internet" to "i wanna know how to edit DNA" xD

[weltarchiv]

It's not uncommon. I think Vodafone is also still run from a single garage.

[mrbane]

Real scary thing is seeing grams working on professional looking standing desk with dual monitors in some village far far away near coast

[Himekocchi]

Technically speaking, what he did wasn't really that difficult. But for a guy who had no idea about how this works, all the effort that he had to go through to come up with a solution not only for himself but also for an entire community must be highly applauded. This shows just because someone says something is easy isn't necessarily so till the required effort is given. Well done!

[nnnyel]

a lot of these comments saying they want a garage....hmmm




I'm starting a business. I'll make you guys garages at my garage

[PowerUsr]

This man has money. And lots of it. More than likely the service provider said ."yeah you can have the fiber but you pay for the digging and extension of the fiber" so yeah..I appreciate the do it yourself mentality here but this requires lots of money to do. Also he's operating as a reseller which means he pays the main ISP a fee for that as well.

[simpletraveltech]

This is what was happening in Romania early 2000's when in Bucharest, a city of about 2 mil people, there were suddenly like 20 small internet service providers operating from what we call "drying rooms" in the apartment blocks. I personally installed racks and Linux routers like three a week. By 2007 we had around 200 ISP's in the entire city and the prices went from absolutely enormous to about 3 dollars for 100mbps. Which was more than affordable in an under developed country like Romania. Big ISP's had no chance and they started to buy one by one these ISP's but the damage was done. The prices dropped so high that even now, I have in my home in Bucharest a gigabit internet line for about 12$ oe 13$. Romania is on the 4th place in a list of countries with the biggest broadband connectivity in regards to prices.
The story of Brand is great but in my city that was common thing.

[Fabian-bvdz]

Emma's friends:"My dad built a shed this summer"

Emma: "My dad built an ISP out of our garage solving the whole neighborhood's internet problem"

[freeze]

Sets up a small wireless distribution network. Next logical step, edit DNA.

[Sanglierification]

This video is bad. It takes 5 minutes to explain the problem and only 10 seconds to show his gear.
I would have prefered to see the gear building process and how he did it

[wrahvin]

"i think i want to learn a little bit about editing DNA" woh woh woh slow down there DR Frankenstein

[kellyjordan]

I remember in Deerfield Kansas in 1981, the owner of the local grocery store mounted an LNA amplifier on a pole and aimed it at the side of his store and picked up 28 satellite channels. He then ran coax all over town and started his own cable company. His store was the satellite dish. The ingenuity of man never ceases to amaze me.

[nutsy]

My daughter is a crack head, one day she said i can't find a good crack anymore, i replied to her "hold my bear"

And then i became the supplier/dealer for our town