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 +# The DIY ISP initiative
  
 +The **DIY ISP initiative**, short for **Do-It-Yourself Internet Service Provider**, is a loose federation of small-scale ISPs from around the world. Its main goals are: facilitating communication between the various local ISP initiatives, providing technical and legal documentation, and helping the creation of new initiatives.
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 +There are plenty of small, DIY, non-conventional (and mostly unknown) ISPs all over the world, which are worth knowing about. For the sake of decentralisation, there should be even more of them! Building an ISP from scratch is entirely within the range of motivated individuals.
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 +Participating ISPs highly value transparency, [network neutrality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality), and a respectful attitude towards their users (including privacy). For a more complete description, see [[Ethics]].
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 +Most participants are not-for-profit, in the form of various legal entities (association, Eingetragener Verein, etc). For-profit structures are also welcome, provided they share the same [[ethics]].
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 +The DIY ISP idea was launched in late 2012. It gained momentum near the end of 2013, thanks to a renewed interest at the [30th Chaos Communication Congress](https://events.ccc.de/congress/2013/wiki/Main_Page).
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 +## Resources
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 +Want to know more about DIY ISP?
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 +* [Taziden's talk on DIY ISPs](http://events.ccc.de/congress/2013/Fahrplan/events/5391.html) at the 30th Chaos Communication Congress. You can [watch the 30-minute video online](http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2013/30C3_-_5391_-_en_-_saal_6_-_201312291130_-_y_u_no_isp_taking_back_the_net_-_taziden.html).
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 +## Forms of DIY-ISPs
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 +The term *ISP* can refer to a lot of organisations with different goals and 
 +services. Here, we want to use the term broadly, including
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 + * providers reselling DSL contracts, but maintaining their own infrastructure
 + * providers offering wifi networks
 + * providers offering services on top of the Internet like mail, web, jabber
 + * providers offering VPN connections
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 +Have a look at [[services]] for what kind of services it might be desirable to offer as a non-profit ISP.
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