I understand that the question is stupid, but still, it torments me. I understand what the Internet is. I do not understand one thing only:

There are providers who sell traffic, where do they get it from? I know one provider (my friend), he takes and buys the traffic in bulk from another provider, hits the narrower channel width and sells himself as a provider.

Ok, for example, the vast majority of providers (probably) also take traffic from someone else, but where does this “someone else” traffic come from?

Perhaps my question is quite idiotic, say at least something to google. Thank you.

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    I did not follow these links (which was given from above). But be that as it may, the Internet is the connection (union) of all computers in the world into one global network with the help of wires or without them (which most now seeks). For example, I wanted to connect our PCs with my neighbor, we connected them. Another neighbor came and said: - I want it too, take me to your place? And we him, let's say - 5 rubles. pay on the day and you will be in our company. That’s how it turned out (I think it’s not worth describing everything that happened during the first rudiments, you can really read about it in articles).

    • The Internet is a combination of computer networks, but not computers. - bva

    An interesting question. Analogue - where does air come from? or water? Or why the wind blows:) But still there is something to think about. Here he is! Great! And mighty! See his scheme

    It's like water that is driven through pipes, from big to small, from small to large.
    After all, water is autonomous, and the Internet, it does not have a direct source (like an oil well). It is as if amorphous (I mean traffic). Traffic is traffic.
    And the people themselves do the resources. Pictures, movies, sites, etc., etc. ...
    And it has been going on since the last millennium :)

      Well, for a start, dear, you would need to build a local grid with good capacities. Those. switching equipment with good bandwidth, a small server / server (attention! not based on a home PC!) to manage this grid, raise several DNS servers, something to authorize (radius is there, well, or AD - if the money allows), good storage space on data storage systems (attention, not SATA hard drive to 2T!), etc. etc. Will be at least in the rack. Note that the grid should not be within the same room / house, but “multi-sector”, where the sectors will be combined at least with a pair of channels (backup and main). In general, iron, iron and iron. After that, open as LLC (for example) well, or JSC. And then go to MSK-IX (mskikh) with the proposal, they say, "I am so cool and wonderful, built a small local grid with several independent sectors, united for the first time a quarter in my hometown (village / village) and I really want to become a provider, let me in, please, in my sweet circle. " Dear Mskikh, you will consider your proposal and if you really do everything indicated, then at least you will be asked to start by contacting your daughter IX. Well, if you have good coverage, you can immediately accept you as your daughter. There are documents, documents, documents. Well, and then you yourself know what to do;)

      • Well, for what minus? I am waiting for a comment, but I don’t need a lot of mind to unreasonable minus;) - danila 1
      • Well, I think a minus for having to answer such a question in a simple way. - Turalllb