Never understand why the comments are so negative I admire your work ethic. Fair play for going door to door and asking neighbours if they want to be customers that takes serious confidence
But that's such an archaic way to operate a business in 2020. Sure, you might get a good base of customers and if that is all you need to make a good living then no problem, but it seems to me like a major waste of his time and resources. He is selling the internet, he should make greater use of the internet to expand his business (which I'm sure he is already doing so who am I to be giving advice?)
But it works well that specially for close proximity like he needs to be essentially. Many people are not going to spend time going out there and searching for him. But if someone knocks on your door and says hey I'm providing internet and I'm local, they are much more likely 2 sign up
You gave me a lot of motivation to sell broadband as well. For about 6 years now I've really been into computer networking and wanted to start my own ISP. Thank you so much. Where I'm at there's a valley with decent broadband and soon to be gigabit fiber with many people on a large hill only having access to one very poor fixed wireless provider. I know someone who lives up there and I am just blown away how unreliable their connection is. Maybe one day after college I can start my business.
I work for an ISP here in the USA, I am the senior Tier 2 commercial networking analyst; if you see this message, I'm pretty curious about how your network is set up both on the WAN & LAN side.
Hey Alex! WISP here, I see you're using an ER-4. I was thinking of picking one up since I had maxed out the ER-X we had, ended up with a Mikrotik RB4011. Most noticeable feature I miss is DPI which you may or may not be using. We're more of a traditional network, as in, we have actual 20-30m towers since the houses here in Argentina are for the most part only one story tall and surrounded by trees. We're currently playing around with Rocket 5ac's and LAP-GPS/LAP-120's. Later on we'll probably move over to rockets with RF asym horns. I actually started about a year ago, partly motivated by you, and partly motivated by having a 48 port switch with only 6 ports used and having a gigabit for practically nothing useful. Great choice on the Netonix! We use a 8 port version w/o SFP but it's a champ. It suffered from a 3.3v cap issue known to the brand thus got it for next to nothing. I also had an Edgeswitch but wasn't too happy since it was pretty much only L2 capable, L3 Lite or whatever it is called for the other features. The netonix has pretty neat QOS which I was using before, now with the Tik' we can do quite the bit of queuing on router itself without much of a headache. The ER-X was choking on netflow and QOS, only downside to the tik is that there is no FQ_Codel. Our stock is pretty limited due to our location. LBE-5AC-GEN2's are costing us nowhere near what they should be (in a bad way). We've played with mimosa as well. If anyone has any questions regarding WISPs, I've done everything myself besides actual tower work. We're a "NATTed" WISP since we can't get our hands on too many IPv4's and nothing IPv6 currently. We're hoping to switch providers and get at least a /48 of v6. Oh yeah, we also offer in-house DNS. Both "ad block" (with pihole and a large list of whitelisted domains to aid with stuff like twitter links breaking) and regular DNS. Everything is pretty nice and fast! We're "fighting" in an area where there are already multiple providers and fiber in place, so we have it pretty tough but we're expanding soon :)
Dude, you gotta learn to keep your video on topic. I kept having to fast forward through nonsense and rabbit trails that didn't have any connection with what you were talking about.
I am moving into the area you're in tomorrow. I sent your company an email to get a quote over 3 weeks ago and I got nothing in return. Amazing customer service :))))
You know this video gave me a feeling that i used to get when you were daily vlogging from your old house, no offense i like all of your videos, but this got me nostalgic
When installing the UPS install a UPS bypass panel so you have the option to seamlessly switch from mains power to UPS power with out issue...lifesaver!
RAVI ABHISHEK I always use pure sine wave kit but if the mains power goes out and you need another power source eg a generator this is when a mains bypass panel is great. As you can switch between power sources with out having to power down all equipment first
Do you have to perform any government mandated logging of IP traffic? Who gets the knock on the door from the authorities when one of your customers starts doing something "questionable" online? The legal stuff scared me too much from heading down the path of becoming a WISP.
How to take your ISP to the next level? Become a LIR at RIPE. Get IPv6 space and buy IPv4 space on the secondary market via a prefix broker. Get two proper routers that talk BGP (Juniper MX204 for example). Now install these in routers in a data center near your house. Get two ISPs to sell you IP transit. Make them compete in pricing. Convert your leased line to dark fiber. Now you can provide 10Gbps to 100gbps internet to your 'hub' on your own IP space. Look for high buildings that are already 'on net' for your local fiber providers. Get dark fiber to there and expand your footprint like that. If you need help with that, feel free to reach out.
You're probably scaring him off with those words. He actually does not know that much about networking, he only knows how to setup UniFi gear through a fancy web interface, don't think he ever seen or used a terminal before.
How can I get the local telco to run fiber to my home? I just get ignored. It's in the same city, conduit going in the ground all over the area by the businesses of course
@@mrmotofy It's probably not their focus. You could get a business line, but that's 10x as expensive as a consumer line. You could bundle requests from neighbors. You are a more serious business case if they can do a whole street at once.
Firewall? Router and switch with redundant power supply? Redundant UPS? What happen if one of the devices fail and you're on holiday? I cannot see any failover router or switch. To many points of failure in your network from my POV
proudly says: "honestly, it's _all_ done by that little box there" Anyone that works in any form of professional IT: *cringes* (and maybe some nightmares or flashbacks)
Love the idea, but moving forward you need to think about expanding to other locations, what happens when the big ISP's come into play in those limited access areas. Or people; find better deals elsewhere. The way Technology rapidly changes these days you need to be prepared for the worst with a DR situation to sustain the business. Amazing job and inspiring none the less!!
Throw that UPS out, Get yourself a good rack mountable one, If you need the space just put it in a 2nd rack. Relying in that UPS system for backup power in a power outage is crazy. Seen your videos years back and I'm suprised your even still rocking that UPS system.
Do you not worry about Virgin Media or some other broadband giant just coming into your area and wiring everyone in? Or is this something they'd never do.
That is something that could happen, companies like Virgin media, Opeanreach and Cityfibre are currently spending billions on upgrading and expanding the FTTH network, there is also the mobile phone companies who are also spending lots on improving 4G and 5G signals, so they can offer home Internet over mobile signals, and finally there could also be the possibility of ultra fast satellite Internet with companies like spaceX. So what Alex does is just another option, which is similar to what the mobile networks are doing, but on a smaller scale.
I'm probably gonna do this. My house is wired for 10gbps. I can buy an enterprise line and the equipment, spam my neighbors with low cost internet and make the news and get shut down lol
This is sooo amazing. You just keep doing what your doing bro. Your doing such a fantastic job during this huge pandemic. You play such an important role in helping people through these times. Kudos to you ❤️
Few questions if i may, are each of your customers on their own VLAN? Is the ubnt wireless gear setup at layer 2 or layer 3? Do you offer IPv6? Are you using BGP to router those public addresses? I appreciate some of the questions aren't straight yes-no answers and thank you for your time.
Hi mate, I would guess IPV4 as managed ISP's like his (Virgin Media) would provide the leased line with a static IPV4 subnet at the end of it which I am guessing he probably has been assigned either a /24 or /25. My question is where is the resiliency? Looks like the UBNT router he is using would act as the Core layer in his network but normally you would have A Core-R1 and Core-R2 in any medium network that would run BGP or any other Dynamic routing protocols. In regards to your layer 2 or Layer 3 question it's over that it support Layer 2/Layer as the UBNT router will use VLSM to subnet his static public subnet from the ISP into small /32 or /30 networks for each of his customers based on there needs as a user.
I've currently finished my level 3 course for networking and going onto my level 4 (degree level) for networking. Hopefully I'll be able to do the same as you 🤙
How the hell did you get license for using all that equipment in a residential area? You should make a video about this. In my country its nearly impossible to start a small ISP. Tons and tons of regulation.
I dont understand why bigger companys dont use wireless broadband. Like I work for a large internet company (prefer not to say) and all you get is issue with copper broadband i think wireless or 4g/5g broadband is the way to go if you cant get FTTP
Wireless has its issues. It doesn't have the capacity as fixed lines and weather tends to screw it over. IF its used right then it can be great until its overused.
@@blockgaming4540 I should of worded that a little bit better I meant use wirless for more rural areas where there aren't as many properties and for busier areas use 4g/5g routers
Lot of ISPS find out your sub letting your connection is normal a breach of contact and your get kicked. Had someone in a block of flats complain of slow speeds found out they let the whole building use it , was like nope that's breach of contacts bye bye!
@@jamescrud i doubt it's not possible to have a lease line connection on a residential. Unless your running a permitted business on your home. Example here in Ph. Telcos ask so much permit. So I'm looking for alternatives connection. thank you!
Isn't this very risky though. Imagine one of the big internet companies brings FTTH to your area and all of your subscribers switch, then you're stick paying for that dedicated line with no customers.
I've gone trough this experience. The bigger company's customer service is so terrible very few people have switched. Smaller companies (like the one I work for) usually make up in really fast and personalized customer service. If you can do that you're golden.
Given I am a Ubiquiti guy myself, one thing I don't get is why your EdgeRouter 4 is not setup in UNMS? Given the LED is white that means it is not connected to any UNMS server, is there perhaps a reason for this at all?
I'm guessing he's passing a fair bit of traffic and didn't want to use the suspend nor netflow features. May not be aware of them offering to disable it, or something else entirely.
eh... it's all pretty low power gear in there... and note I say low POWER as in electricity, it's definitely very powerFUL equipment. Companies make tech way more power efficient these days so all that juicy networking doesn't generate nearly as much heat as it might have done in times gone by.
WhiteDitto_ it’s less so how much they’d generate as there’s not lots of equipment there, it’s how the components cope due to lofts far exceeding 40° or even 50° Celsius so the components struggle to cool down if needed otherwise why would they have fans. Logically would be placed in a cupboard downstairs to keep cooler hence most server rooms having AC to regulate the temperature and preserve the components + operating speeds.
@@WOOTTboy123 Telco gear is designed to operate in harsh temperatures as many telco closets regularly operate around the 35-40C mark. The Operating Temperature on the Ubiquitu Edge route he's got, for example, is -10C to 40C with a humidity range of 10-90% (non-condensing). That's fairly common.
@@joshua_thomas yup then he took a break for a while then it all started to go down from there but probably not for him because hes running his ISP he probably doesn't need to to tt I think he just does it for fun
I’m also from South Africa🇿🇦. I want to start my small business around here. Please share equipments you started with.. I see a big chance of me being successful in this cz there is literally No internet service providers this side
You responded really fast to my pm a couple of days ago. Great idea but I don't have 2k spare. If you ever want to invest in setting this up in other parts of the country, let me know.
Good job man! I helped establish a WISP. Basically a 2 man operation. Recently there was a redesign of the network to allow for redundancy so every site has a backup PTP in case it's main one fails. Plus 3 fiber lease lines with different providers for load balancing and backups. Keep it up!
This sounds Super Sketchy. If some squirly looking dude came to my door looking like this kid saying he is going to give me broadband I would have shut the door on his face. this sort of sketchy broadband stuff simply doesn't happen in the US.
Actually more common that you know in the midwest. Many little mom and pop local ISPs selling fixed wireless by getting access to tall grain elevators out in the country since the only other options are often still dial-up or stupid expensive satellite service.
@@alanbarber4543 funny you should mention. I live in a midwest town and used to work for a local ISP. We NEVER did no janky crap like that. In the US that would be stealing.
i wanted to see the router config and actual technical stuff im studying networking now and this always happens, people take for ever to explain very very little and still the explanation is so weak that any true tech will ignore the explanation because it had nothing of any real information to absorb. no code no script no configs or anything
That information would be company confidential and would also risk the privacy and security of his customers if he were to show it. For what it's worth, I am a "true tech"" and I enjoyed this video for what it was.
1gig in the US is around 60$ a month, I usually get around 950mb down and 1000mb up Edit: this is with AT&T u-verse, I have a fiber line coming into my house
@@aashmediaproductions2799 with uncapped data usage too? What state are you in? I use Cox here in Nevada and used to in AZ too which is the only company to work best in both states and they charge $100/month for 1Gbps speeds but damn that's cool!
Wow. Great stuff. Thank you for sharing. Can you consider a power inverter and deep cycle batteries for your power backup? The ones we run here can easily do 48hrs per site without any power. Some of our site are purely solar so we don't think about power outages at those sites
Great video Alex. I am happy to see this vlog on the channel as I found it very entertaining to watch the whole way through. I like the way you have done your work and the way you run it is great. Can not wait for the next upload to the channel. "If you're reading this and you wish to join the Marzipan Discord Server, then makes sure you join through the link below the video to join the great community there is over there."
Its so funny to me living in a city and seeing an ad for 50mbps second wifi and seeing people jump on the idea. Im with virgin and get about 240mpbs download and 120 upload.
Yes 50mbps is pathetic the price is very high aswell for what he is charging them, but the cost of thd devices, isp leasing etc will obviously increase prices. Them locations seem to need actual fibre connections as in fttp/ftth. It seems even copper is expensive, I know for fact bt will charge someone in one area 25£ for only 35 to 50 mbps for fttc, while i also know that bt will charge £30 for 100 to 150mbps in areas that have ftth/fttp.
How are you getting such high upload speeds from Virgin Media? Usually they offer a 10:1 ratio of download to upload for both their home and business lines. It's only the DIA lines that get a symmetrical connection or anything close to it.
i wanna ask you something : what about the License of selling internet ? you are using a sector antenna and you have to buy/rent frequency to serve your services as operators do !
It's exactly the same thing that was in my mind. Telco operators spent Milions of pounds/euros to buy licenses to be services provider and to buy frequences and he start to sell Internet without asking any permission? Intersting.......
ive wanted to make my own internet bc i saw this guy living in the middle of nowhere as his retirement and he had his own internet and was able to game on it. How would i make it for myself and whoever is in my house?
You're installing a PC to access everything when it goes offline? Wouldn't the PC be unreachable as well then? You're better off setting up a VPN server and using that for remote access.
@@Max34557 A VPN would require more setup for him, but I am honestly surprised he doesn't have a server there. Not much redundancy either....but I have to respect what he's setup.
@@TotallyOnPurpose He doesn't have any redundancy at all... i only see single points of failure. One internet line, one power system, one core router etc. etc.
You don't need as much as you might think. A 1gb lease line could serve dozens of customers. The stuff he's getting isn't the same gb residential customers get from an ISP. When you connect to an ISP they're managing their customers connections trough different schemes similar to QOS. His is a commercial line setup to resell.
@@dieselstruck I asked a question on one of the comments you made. Is it legal to resell internet? Won't the ISP suspend my leased should they find out that I am reselling internet
Never understand why the comments are so negative I admire your work ethic. Fair play for going door to door and asking neighbours if they want to be customers that takes serious confidence
But that's such an archaic way to operate a business in 2020. Sure, you might get a good base of customers and if that is all you need to make a good living then no problem, but it seems to me like a major waste of his time and resources. He is selling the internet, he should make greater use of the internet to expand his business (which I'm sure he is already doing so who am I to be giving advice?)
Nathan Crofton-Bond the old school methods still work, people buy people at the end of the day
But it works well that specially for close proximity like he needs to be essentially. Many people are not going to spend time going out there and searching for him. But if someone knocks on your door and says hey I'm providing internet and I'm local, they are much more likely 2 sign up
@@merlinmediagroup what are you actually on about mate? 😂
Its all fun and games until other major service providers expand coverage to the area
Not at all that will not stop a WISP in the area.
Entrepreneur Box it won’t stop a wisp but people will most likely swap over since it’s cheaper and probably has lower ping if they care.
I don't think so he said he is givin a public to each customer. So it all depend on price the customer is paying
I'm pretty sure he has made Customer Loyalty.
That’s the point of this video clearly
1:36 handcuffs and lube nice one alex
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How did you spot that 😂😂
@@tj_official2507 he use it too😂😂
this boy is fishy
You gave me a lot of motivation to sell broadband as well. For about 6 years now I've really been into computer networking and wanted to start my own ISP. Thank you so much. Where I'm at there's a valley with decent broadband and soon to be gigabit fiber with many people on a large hill only having access to one very poor fixed wireless provider. I know someone who lives up there and I am just blown away how unreliable their connection is. Maybe one day after college I can start my business.
I work for an ISP here in the USA, I am the senior Tier 2 commercial networking analyst; if you see this message, I'm pretty curious about how your network is set up both on the WAN & LAN side.
Hey Alex!
WISP here, I see you're using an ER-4. I was thinking of picking one up since I had maxed out the ER-X we had, ended up with a Mikrotik RB4011. Most noticeable feature I miss is DPI which you may or may not be using.
We're more of a traditional network, as in, we have actual 20-30m towers since the houses here in Argentina are for the most part only one story tall and surrounded by trees. We're currently playing around with Rocket 5ac's and LAP-GPS/LAP-120's. Later on we'll probably move over to rockets with RF asym horns. I actually started about a year ago, partly motivated by you, and partly motivated by having a 48 port switch with only 6 ports used and having a gigabit for practically nothing useful. Great choice on the Netonix! We use a 8 port version w/o SFP but it's a champ. It suffered from a 3.3v cap issue known to the brand thus got it for next to nothing. I also had an Edgeswitch but wasn't too happy since it was pretty much only L2 capable, L3 Lite or whatever it is called for the other features. The netonix has pretty neat QOS which I was using before, now with the Tik' we can do quite the bit of queuing on router itself without much of a headache. The ER-X was choking on netflow and QOS, only downside to the tik is that there is no FQ_Codel.
Our stock is pretty limited due to our location. LBE-5AC-GEN2's are costing us nowhere near what they should be (in a bad way). We've played with mimosa as well. If anyone has any questions regarding WISPs, I've done everything myself besides actual tower work. We're a "NATTed" WISP since we can't get our hands on too many IPv4's and nothing IPv6 currently. We're hoping to switch providers and get at least a /48 of v6.
Oh yeah, we also offer in-house DNS. Both "ad block" (with pihole and a large list of whitelisted domains to aid with stuff like twitter links breaking) and regular DNS. Everything is pretty nice and fast! We're "fighting" in an area where there are already multiple providers and fiber in place, so we have it pretty tough but we're expanding soon :)
I was just telling my friends that you did this yesterday and I wanna try and do it where I live, And you post this vid tf 😂
Need any help let me know
How can we get in touch Alex??
@@RyanKimber Late but better than never. Trying to start a WISP? Join us on Reddit r/wisp
Dude, you gotta learn to keep your video on topic. I kept having to fast forward through nonsense and rabbit trails that didn't have any connection with what you were talking about.
make yours then,simple
@@sstevenjagi8297 I don't have to in order to tell the truth. Don't like it? Get over it.
I am moving into the area you're in tomorrow. I sent your company an email to get a quote over 3 weeks ago and I got nothing in return. Amazing customer service :))))
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Respect for him and all, but this guys is all over the place.
You know this video gave me a feeling that i used to get when you were daily vlogging from your old house, no offense i like all of your videos, but this got me nostalgic
When installing the UPS install a UPS bypass panel so you have the option to seamlessly switch from mains power to UPS power with out issue...lifesaver!
Just buy puresinewave
RAVI ABHISHEK I always use pure sine wave kit but if the mains power goes out and you need another power source eg a generator this is when a mains bypass panel is great. As you can switch between power sources with out having to power down all equipment first
I would also invest in something like wattbox for remotely power cycling units.
Do you have to perform any government mandated logging of IP traffic?
Who gets the knock on the door from the authorities when one of your customers starts doing something "questionable" online?
The legal stuff scared me too much from heading down the path of becoming a WISP.
RIPA act
Ohh god, long time no see!! I have been following you since many years, hope you doing great mate.
Great video. You really have been an inspiration to my channel! I'm going to be building my developer office soon! :D
your knowledge and thrive for success is goals
How to take your ISP to the next level? Become a LIR at RIPE. Get IPv6 space and buy IPv4 space on the secondary market via a prefix broker. Get two proper routers that talk BGP (Juniper MX204 for example). Now install these in routers in a data center near your house. Get two ISPs to sell you IP transit. Make them compete in pricing. Convert your leased line to dark fiber. Now you can provide 10Gbps to 100gbps internet to your 'hub' on your own IP space. Look for high buildings that are already 'on net' for your local fiber providers. Get dark fiber to there and expand your footprint like that. If you need help with that, feel free to reach out.
You're probably scaring him off with those words. He actually does not know that much about networking, he only knows how to setup UniFi gear through a fancy web interface, don't think he ever seen or used a terminal before.
@Max he does. he's intelligent. His kit is just plug and play and it works so why not make things easier?
@@rjj00 What the hell are you talking about? He isn't inteliigent, he jsut got gear that his that bought him.
How can I get the local telco to run fiber to my home? I just get ignored. It's in the same city, conduit going in the ground all over the area by the businesses of course
@@mrmotofy It's probably not their focus. You could get a business line, but that's 10x as expensive as a consumer line. You could bundle requests from neighbors. You are a more serious business case if they can do a whole street at once.
Firewall? Router and switch with redundant power supply? Redundant UPS?
What happen if one of the devices fail and you're on holiday? I cannot see any failover router or switch.
To many points of failure in your network from my POV
You Dont Go on holiday simple. 😂
Are we going to ignore the fact there was a pair of handcuffs and lube in his drawer lol
yep we can ignore that.
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@Kekekekeke lol
13:05 Nice single point of failure.
Not at all. Running a WISP's are great and fun.
proudly says: "honestly, it's _all_ done by that little box there"
Anyone that works in any form of professional IT: *cringes* (and maybe some nightmares or flashbacks)
@@MikePowlas irrelevant
@@nayemreza08 irrelevant only for u. WISP are great and fun. Its called having a back up. So point is knowing how to run WISP.
@@MikePowlas they’re great and fun but that doesn’t change the fact his network has multiple single points of failure does it
Love the idea, but moving forward you need to think about expanding to other locations, what happens when the big ISP's come into play in those limited access areas. Or people; find better deals elsewhere. The way Technology rapidly changes these days you need to be prepared for the worst with a DR situation to sustain the business. Amazing job and inspiring none the less!!
“Experience comes with time so I just... have... to wait.” 😂 you’ll be waiting a loooooong time mate.
Throw that UPS out, Get yourself a good rack mountable one, If you need the space just put it in a 2nd rack. Relying in that UPS system for backup power in a power outage is crazy.
Seen your videos years back and I'm suprised your even still rocking that UPS system.
Watching this video made me realize why I stopped watching this dude videos
Why'd you stop?
You're not supposed to wear your belt in public, black belt, what Dan?
Been waiting for this video!!
Marzbar you have inspired me to try and start my own WISP thank you for inspiring me. I love your videos.
nice to see you stopped calling yourself a "daily vlogger" and started identifying as a "CEO"
Do you not worry about Virgin Media or some other broadband giant just coming into your area and wiring everyone in? Or is this something they'd never do.
That is something that could happen, companies like Virgin media, Opeanreach and Cityfibre are currently spending billions on upgrading and expanding the FTTH network, there is also the mobile phone companies who are also spending lots on improving 4G and 5G signals, so they can offer home Internet over mobile signals, and finally there could also be the possibility of ultra fast satellite Internet with companies like spaceX. So what Alex does is just another option, which is similar to what the mobile networks are doing, but on a smaller scale.
Hey Alex I live really really really close to you I would be willing to get the broadband
Yeah ofcourse you do.
I wouldn’t dude. His setup isn’t very good, has consumer hardware in the network core. Save your self
Why ask in the comments, go to the website that he sells internet on.
Your attic doesn't get hot? Where I live, attic can get extremely hot. Network equipment will not survive.
He is British. they don't know what HOT is.
Don't worry - it looks like he's got plenty of redundancy, like any 'small to medium ISP'..........................
Excellent state of the art solution for providing internet service to remote areas. Thank you for putting this together.
Nice to see social distancing and not mixing households
I'm probably gonna do this. My house is wired for 10gbps. I can buy an enterprise line and the equipment, spam my neighbors with low cost internet and make the news and get shut down lol
Is that even legal? Will your ISP not trace or track ur internet activity and pick it up that ur reselling their internet?
give up if you're in the US.
It's been sooo long since I've watched you. Glad your doing great man.
Imagine how good the wifi is at his dads house
I nearly had a heart attack seeing the stock image on your website
This is sooo amazing. You just keep doing what your doing bro. Your doing such a fantastic job during this huge pandemic. You play such an important role in helping people through these times. Kudos to you ❤️
i remember his shelf fell in the office and coffee went everywhere 😂😂
Few questions if i may, are each of your customers on their own VLAN? Is the ubnt wireless gear setup at layer 2 or layer 3? Do you offer IPv6? Are you using BGP to router those public addresses? I appreciate some of the questions aren't straight yes-no answers and thank you for your time.
Hi mate, I would guess IPV4 as managed ISP's like his (Virgin Media) would provide the leased line with a static IPV4 subnet at the end of it which I am guessing he probably has been assigned either a /24 or /25. My question is where is the resiliency? Looks like the UBNT router he is using would act as the Core layer in his network but normally you would have A Core-R1 and Core-R2 in any medium network that would run BGP or any other Dynamic routing protocols. In regards to your layer 2 or Layer 3 question it's over that it support Layer 2/Layer as the UBNT router will use VLSM to subnet his static public subnet from the ISP into small /32 or /30 networks for each of his customers based on there needs as a user.
a 300Mbps leased line fees per month in Yemen is $77,600 (yes literally 77600 USD) and this is after the fees discount in 2022 (was $120,680 btw)
That's insane. More than the average annual salary by a considerable margin. How does a typical domestic internet connection compare in price?
I've currently finished my level 3 course for networking and going onto my level 4 (degree level) for networking. Hopefully I'll be able to do the same as you 🤙
BradDaGodz good luck man!
wouldn't count on it you've got to live near a blackspot area
Get a solar power supply system as your back up emergency power system.
Solar power only give you supply when connected to the grid unless you get a stand alone system and a battery back up system
How the hell did you get license for using all that equipment in a residential area? You should make a video about this. In my country its nearly impossible to start a small ISP. Tons and tons of regulation.
exactly what i was wondering
love from cuba, here we are a small wisp jj, thanks for all alex
Thanks for the tour! Great video, very inspirational!!👍🏾
I dont understand why bigger companys dont use wireless broadband. Like I work for a large internet company (prefer not to say) and all you get is issue with copper broadband i think wireless or 4g/5g broadband is the way to go if you cant get FTTP
Wireless has its issues. It doesn't have the capacity as fixed lines and weather tends to screw it over. IF its used right then it can be great until its overused.
@@blockgaming4540 I should of worded that a little bit better I meant use wirless for more rural areas where there aren't as many properties and for busier areas use 4g/5g routers
because wireless long range is crap the weather effects the speeds
I don't know why people even use wireless in their PCs etc..I use wired even for my TV BOX for full speed
Lot of ISPS find out your sub letting your connection is normal a breach of contact and your get kicked. Had someone in a block of flats complain of slow speeds found out they let the whole building use it , was like nope that's breach of contacts bye bye!
He made a video explaining about this sometime ago
@@Gameskill39 oh right , may I have a link to have a look , got me interested now
Question: is his internet is just pure shared internet just like usual for any residential?
@@akiraG24 No. Just google lease line internet and it will explain all the details.
@@jamescrud i doubt it's not possible to have a lease line connection on a residential. Unless your running a permitted business on your home. Example here in Ph. Telcos ask so much permit. So I'm looking for alternatives connection. thank you!
Isn't this very risky though. Imagine one of the big internet companies brings FTTH to your area and all of your subscribers switch, then you're stick paying for that dedicated line with no customers.
I've gone trough this experience. The bigger company's customer service is so terrible very few people have switched. Smaller companies (like the one I work for) usually make up in really fast and personalized customer service. If you can do that you're golden.
This was amazing Alex! Great work! :)
4:35. Its great how you took that rejection, make it funny and focus on people who belief in you when you are just starting out. Great job.
Given I am a Ubiquiti guy myself, one thing I don't get is why your EdgeRouter 4 is not setup in UNMS? Given the LED is white that means it is not connected to any UNMS server, is there perhaps a reason for this at all?
I'm guessing he's passing a fair bit of traffic and didn't want to use the suspend nor netflow features. May not be aware of them offering to disable it, or something else entirely.
You seam to be doing just fine my friend just keep doing what your doing. Good luck to you.
Love the vids thanks for making my quartine better
Hi Marz, what system do you use to bill your customers?
This guy was the inspiration for Big Mouth
good timing just comeback from a walk and watching ur new video. thanks Alex.
Surely your core network overheats during the summer? A loft is the hottest part of a building. Surprised you haven’t got aircon for it.
eh... it's all pretty low power gear in there... and note I say low POWER as in electricity, it's definitely very powerFUL equipment.
Companies make tech way more power efficient these days so all that juicy networking doesn't generate nearly as much heat as it might have done in times gone by.
WhiteDitto_ it’s less so how much they’d generate as there’s not lots of equipment there, it’s how the components cope due to lofts far exceeding 40° or even 50° Celsius so the components struggle to cool down if needed otherwise why would they have fans. Logically would be placed in a cupboard downstairs to keep cooler hence most server rooms having AC to regulate the temperature and preserve the components + operating speeds.
@@WOOTTboy123 Telco gear is designed to operate in harsh temperatures as many telco closets regularly operate around the 35-40C mark. The Operating Temperature on the Ubiquitu Edge route he's got, for example, is -10C to 40C with a humidity range of 10-90% (non-condensing). That's fairly common.
Now I remember why I used to watch u every day
Yeah this video has the old "daily vlog" vibes from back in the day :p
@@joshua_thomas everyday at 7
@@jacktyler8092 You remember when he went for that Australia trip for like a month, I think that's when the daily vlogs peaked
@@joshua_thomas yup then he took a break for a while then it all started to go down from there but probably not for him because hes running his ISP he probably doesn't need to to tt I think he just does it for fun
Do you oversell your bandwidth? I can't seem to price it up to be attractive speeds for the price
For the hanging LEDs strip, use a glue stick and apply it on the area where the LED strip is hanging and that should fix the problem.
It's crazy to see how far behind the UK is with their ISP options. So many countries far far ahead of them in technology & speeds offered.
I live in a town, in the US of 350 people. I have 1gbit/1gbit to my house via fiber.
As someone who lives in the UK, i agree, and its really annoying lmfao
Curious, what speed does the lease line come in at and what speed do you provide to customers?
go to the website
I thank you again for allowing us to be with you answering this journey
7.30 - The 1 person from United States is the WHOIS domain registry
Would you ever consider selling a course to teach people how to setup a business like this themself?
Yes, I have. Easier said than done though!
@@marzbarvlogs Would you mind having a chat about it on twitter dm??
So do you have our own ip range or are you NATing behind a single ip?
He says in the video that he is providing everyone with their own public IP.
@@chrisbauer1925 Cool, I did hear that.
Sounds like Ross is the real tech here.
Why it has done well? High contention ratios, low spec non production grade hardware. It's run like a home network
No, it uses to of the range enterprise network equipment from brands such is Ubiquity.
Once you get 1GB Internet you never go back.
This is cool, but what about failover? Do you have that much trust that the edge router will not fail?
Its ubiquiti gear its rock solid
Could have a spare Edgerouter 4 sitting on a shelf. $200 USD. Same router that runs my home network, and I may or may not also sell internet...
I run an ER-4 for my home network too! Rock-solid devices! Recently upgraded from my ER-X because I got 1Gb/s home internet.
2030 Alex: "Well, i started an ISP from my parents house and now... i'm moving it to a building to become a legit ISP"
someguy onyoutube - that’s great, how can I get started? do you have any advice or preferred reading material? I’m in the US rural America!!!
I’m also from South Africa🇿🇦.
I want to start my small business around here.
Please share equipments you started with.. I see a big chance of me being successful in this cz there is literally No internet service providers this side
KS CUBE google instead
You responded really fast to my pm a couple of days ago. Great idea but I don't have 2k spare. If you ever want to invest in setting this up in other parts of the country, let me know.
you should have left links to the equipment in the rack and what speeds you are able to run via air fiber/wifi. And ur leased line connection speed.
I really enjoy watching your videos bruv im from South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
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what about redundancy ? Maybe a power Pod? so you can swap out the UPS batteries or unit while the rest of the unit stays online with city power?
Good job man! I helped establish a WISP. Basically a 2 man operation. Recently there was a redesign of the network to allow for redundancy so every site has a backup PTP in case it's main one fails. Plus 3 fiber lease lines with different providers for load balancing and backups. Keep it up!
Is it legal to start your won wisp without broadcasting license?
You Inspire me so much Marz!
This sounds Super Sketchy. If some squirly looking dude came to my door looking like this kid saying he is going to give me broadband I would have shut the door on his face. this sort of sketchy broadband stuff simply doesn't happen in the US.
Actually more common that you know in the midwest. Many little mom and pop local ISPs selling fixed wireless by getting access to tall grain elevators out in the country since the only other options are often still dial-up or stupid expensive satellite service.
@@alanbarber4543 funny you should mention. I live in a midwest town and used to work for a local ISP. We NEVER did no janky crap like that. In the US that would be stealing.
Yes, it does happen. I personally sell wireless broadband almost the exact same way in Rural areas.
Did you buy a chunk of public IP's or are you NATing them through yours?
Was wondering the same thing
Probably NATing
He said in the video everyone gets their own ip
Robertleatfitness would it be public IP though? I think it’s private and they route through his core n
its actually easier to rent the IPs instead of buying them. i dont think he has an AS number to own th IPs
i wanted to see the router config and actual technical stuff im studying networking now and this always happens, people take for ever to explain very very little and still the explanation is so weak that any true tech will ignore the explanation because it had nothing of any real information to absorb. no code no script no configs or anything
its something im sure hed rather keep it private
That information would be company confidential and would also risk the privacy and security of his customers if he were to show it.
For what it's worth, I am a "true tech"" and I enjoyed this video for what it was.
What the hell? He could explain anything to you.
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Good video Alex, enjoyed this one 👍
1gbit monthly cost in Lithuania is like 15€ and almost every building can get 1gbit :D
Damn, really? Here in the U.S. it's a $100 minimum to get 1Gbps speeds which personally I didn't consider expensive but €15 is insanely inexpensive!
@@Toxivity here in my country it cost 40 USD for 10mbps😂..
1gig in the US is around 60$ a month, I usually get around 950mb down and 1000mb up
Edit: this is with AT&T u-verse, I have a fiber line coming into my house
@@aashmediaproductions2799 with uncapped data usage too? What state are you in? I use Cox here in Nevada and used to in AZ too which is the only company to work best in both states and they charge $100/month for 1Gbps speeds but damn that's cool!
@@harmezjames8013 Jesus😂
Loving the content bro x
Wow. Great stuff. Thank you for sharing. Can you consider a power inverter and deep cycle batteries for your power backup? The ones we run here can easily do 48hrs per site without any power. Some of our site are purely solar so we don't think about power outages at those sites
Keep up the great work on all your videos. How are you finding lockdown?
You need to start making your own cables!
Will be cheaper in the long run and you can make one within a few minutes
£500 + a month for a 70/100 circuit circuit based on the label on the Virgin NTE, you paying a massive amount over the odds for that!
What happens if someone builds a house in your line of sight or a tree gets bigger????
@joshua broughton-herrick a bigger dish wouldn't be an option. would need a tower or a relay station.
Maan. I missed you soo muchh.... ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Really enjoyed this in knowing how its all done, keep up the good work 👍
Great video Alex. I am happy to see this vlog on the channel as I found it very entertaining to watch the whole way through. I like the way you have done your work and the way you run it is great. Can not wait for the next upload to the channel. "If you're reading this and you wish to join the Marzipan Discord Server, then makes sure you join through the link below the video to join the great community there is over there."
Its so funny to me living in a city and seeing an ad for 50mbps second wifi and seeing people jump on the idea. Im with virgin and get about 240mpbs download and 120 upload.
lucky
I jumped when they offered 30mbps in my area 1 year ago
Yes 50mbps is pathetic the price is very high aswell for what he is charging them, but the cost of thd devices, isp leasing etc will obviously increase prices.
Them locations seem to need actual fibre connections as in fttp/ftth.
It seems even copper is expensive, I know for fact bt will charge someone in one area 25£ for only 35 to 50 mbps for fttc, while i also know that bt will charge £30 for 100 to 150mbps in areas that have ftth/fttp.
How are you getting such high upload speeds from Virgin Media? Usually they offer a 10:1 ratio of download to upload for both their home and business lines. It's only the DIA lines that get a symmetrical connection or anything close to it.
CASHFLOW BABY!!!!! brilliant video Alex been watching since day
i wanna ask you something : what about the License of selling internet ? you are using a sector antenna and you have to buy/rent frequency to serve your services as operators do !
It's exactly the same thing that was in my mind. Telco operators spent Milions of pounds/euros to buy licenses to be services provider and to buy frequences and he start to sell Internet without asking any permission? Intersting.......
@@TheStex21 its only possible if he uses 2.5 ghz or 5ghz ,because they're unlicensed .
ive wanted to make my own internet bc i saw this guy living in the middle of nowhere as his retirement and he had his own internet and was able to game on it. How would i make it for myself and whoever is in my house?
Never knew Rami Malek sells broadband too.
Fantastic Alex, your doing pretty much exactly what I would be doing if I didnt have chronic illness.
You're installing a PC to access everything when it goes offline? Wouldn't the PC be unreachable as well then? You're better off setting up a VPN server and using that for remote access.
If the network then goes offline you still won't be able to connect to the VPN lol
@@darksn0w I understand, but a VPN Is a better way to remotely manage his network than some old crappy pc running Windows with Teamviewer (probably).
@@Max34557 A VPN would require more setup for him, but I am honestly surprised he doesn't have a server there. Not much redundancy either....but I have to respect what he's setup.
@@TotallyOnPurpose He doesn't have any redundancy at all... i only see single points of failure. One internet line, one power system, one core router etc. etc.
@@Max34557 The PC in the loft is probably for local direct access to the switches, routers, etc. VPN won't save him if the WAN link goes down.
Where or how did you learn all of the WISP thing/your business?
ye can you maybe create a series with a step by step process
How did you get approved for a Leased Line Direct internet? How much is your bandwidth? 50 gbps? A lot of questions needed answering.
You don't need as much as you might think. A 1gb lease line could serve dozens of customers. The stuff he's getting isn't the same gb residential customers get from an ISP. When you connect to an ISP they're managing their customers connections trough different schemes similar to QOS. His is a commercial line setup to resell.
@@dieselstruck I asked a question on one of the comments you made. Is it legal to resell internet? Won't the ISP suspend my leased should they find out that I am reselling internet