@wolf480pl An ISP is an internet service provider - even if you have a public ASN, if you're not providing internet service to anyone else but yourself, you're not an ISP.

stallman pays in cash, although he does have a credit card for things like planes that already identify him.

It's only if something insists he pay by card he cannot otherwise avoid that otherwise shouldn't identify him that he'll ask nicely for someone else to pay by card for him.

He specifically instructs his friends not to purchase things online and ship them to him.


It would not be selfish or obnoxious if you were to provide improved peering to your friends completely gratis.

Satellites and a meshnet sufficiently peered could replace the status quo.