I know there has to be a way to connect to the internet at high speeds without an ISP. How do I do this; or, how does AT&T and Comcast do this. The internet is big, and AT&T, comcast and others all provide the exact same content which leads me to beleive there is an underlieing principle of net neutrality and free information access somewhere on the backbone of the internet.
Okay, so we supposedly live in a free market society. So how do I become my own ISP. If I know what IP adresses I want to connect to (perhaps using my personalized DNS), how do I do this. Imagin that cost is no option. Could I run a T1 line directly to a google server? But then, does google have an ISP? Comcast is an ISP, but who does comcast pay? If they don’t pay anyone, then I should be able to set up my own ISP just by replicateing their system.
