Man who built his own broadband to avoid expensive bills gets £2.1m from government
dailystar.co.ukREAD NEXT: Amazon drones could see directly into millions of homes after major 'iRobot' deal Since hooking up around 70 of his rural neighbours to the network last year, he has now secured the millions of dollars in grant money to serve an additional 600 homes.
The company started with just one customer—himself—but rapidly grew after his fed-up neighbours signed up. Mauch will now be able to expand his network with an extra 38 miles of fibre broadband.Instead of paying tons of money for dreadfully slow Internet, his customers can sign up to 100Mbps and unlimited data for £44 ($55) per month.
Mauch said he "had to start a telephone company to get [high-speed] Internet" at his house after the main American broadband companies never extended their fast networks to his area.He even asked the Internet giant Comcast to extend their network to him but they quoted him $50,000 (£40,000) to do so. "If they had priced it at $10,000, I would have written them a cheque," he told ArsTechnica."It was so high at $50,000 that it made me consider if this is worthwhile.
Why would I pay them to expand their network if I get nothing back out of it."If you're thinking of building your own ISP or energy provider to avoid the skyrocketing bills this winter though, you might want to think again.
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