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Fed up with poor broadband Acess man starts his own ISP instead of paying 50k to Comcast. Receives 2.6M in federal funding to expand service.

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Fed up with poor broadband access, he started his own fiber internet service provider Fed up with poor broadband access, he started his own fiber internet service provider - Download - Transcript Long before the pandemic forced many office workers to depend on their home internet, Jared Mauch had been working from home for about two decades.The first step to wiring up the neighborhood: mapping out where service is missing That's about a quarter of the work that needs to be done to get Washtenaw County to 100% reliable internet, says Chris Scharrer, the founder and CEO of DCS Technology Design, the telecommunications engineering firm contracted by the county to oversee its broadband gap-filling project.Scharrer has taken inventory of broadband access in underserved areas as part of a countywide mapping project required to secure federal funding."It takes people like us to go out that aren't restricted by anything and can go out and just visually map everything out, find out where it's at and put it on paper," he said.Fiber "mavericks" are helping close the broadband gap The federal government has been pouring billions into fiber infrastructure in recent years, especially in unserved rural areas — where experts say that the major telecom companies such as Comcast and AT&T often aren't expanding because they don't see a return on investment."</p> </div> </p> </div> Like summarized versions? <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=164105843" class="genric-btn primary circle" target="_blank">Support us on Patreon!</a><br> <p align="center"><div class="section-tittle mb-30 pt-30"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/22/1118734792/michigan-man-isp-fiber-internet" class="genric-btn primary circle" target="_blank">View Original</a><br><br></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </main> <footer>  <div class="footer-area footer-padding fix"> <div class="container"> <div class="row d-flex justify-content-between"> <div class="col-xl-5 col-lg-5 col-md-7 col-sm-12"> <div class="single-footer-caption"> <div class="single-footer-caption">  <div class="footer-logo"> <a href="index.html"><img src="assets/img/logo/logo.png" alt=""></a> </div> <div class="footer-tittle"> <div class="footer-pera"> <p>GrubNews is a news aggregator that focuses on pulling non-biased news sources around the world.</p> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="footer-bottom-area"> <div class="container"> <div class="footer-border"> <div class="row d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between"> <div class="col-lg-6"> <div class="footer-copy-right"> <p> Copyright ©2022-<script>document.write(new Date().getFullYear());</script> All rights reserved</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6"> <div class="footer-menu f-right"> <ul> <li><a href="terms.php">Terms of use</a></li> <li><a href="privacy.php">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="contact.php">Contact</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </footer>   <script src="./assets/js/vendor/modernizr-3.5.0.min.js"></script>  <script src="./assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.4.min.js"></script> <script src="./assets/js/popper.min.js"></script> <script src="./assets/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>  <script src="./assets/js/jquery.slicknav.min.js"></script>  <script src="./assets/js/owl.carousel.min.js"></script> <script src="./assets/js/slick.min.js"></script>  <script src="./assets/js/gijgo.min.js"></script>  <script src="./assets/js/wow.min.js"></script> <script src="./assets/js/animated.headline.js"></script> <script src="./assets/js/jquery.magnific-popup.js"></script>  <script src="./assets/js/jquery.ticker.js"></script> <script src="./assets/js/site.js"></script>  <script src="./assets/js/jquery.scrollUp.min.js"></script> <script src="./assets/js/jquery.nice-select.min.js"></script> <script src="./assets/js/jquery.sticky.js"></script>  <script src="./assets/js/contact.js"></script> <script src="./assets/js/jquery.form.js"></script> <script src="./assets/js/jquery.validate.min.js"></script> <script src="./assets/js/mail-script.js"></script> <script src="./assets/js/jquery.ajaxchimp.min.js"></script>  <script src="./assets/js/plugins.js"></script> <script src="./assets/js/main.js"></script> </body> </html>