Running a FOSS associative ISP
summary
Association Exo runs a not‑for‑profit ISP founded 2010 that is a registered operator, a RIPE member and peers at CATNIX, serving 109 members with radio mesh links, FTTH over third‑party fiber and shared data‑center racks. Infrastructure uses Proxmox, Open vSwitch, Debian, a FreeBSD authoritative DNS and a cluster of four identical NVMe servers hosting self‑service VMs; a home connection example is 600 Mbps FTTH. Operations are volunteer run, budgeted for open‑source grants, face maintenance and generational turnover, and must meet CNMC/LIR/legal requirements.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:02What is Exo and Guifi.net
- 9:17Connecting rural areas
- 11:47Digital infrastructure redundancy
- 13:11Shared data center services
- 14:33Fiber deployment challenges
- 16:00Social projects contributions
- 17:02Legal requirements for ISPs
- 18:28Open source tools collaboration
- 21:59Maintenance and volunteer challenges
- 23:43Future of internet infrastructure
- 26:32IP addresses and registries
- 27:58BGP and global routing
- 29:22Call to action
- 30:05Q&A: Guerrilla ISPs
- 33:36Q&A: Pricing in Barcelona
- 35:01Q&A: Legal entity for ISPs
- 36:04Q&A: Fiber hacks and resources
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