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>>dend+(OP)
This all sounds like renting to me. Instead you should:

  - put a rack in your home
  - buy an IPv4 block
  - buy dark fibre
  - start your own ISP
  - advertise routes over BGP
  - host your own email
  - found a registrar and transfer your domains over

All easily obtainable for less than a million dollars in capital. Though once your FTTH and undersea cable operations ramp up you'll need further access to capital.

>>xyzzy_+6f
The difference is that if you're not in a walled garden, all the elements of the stack could be replaced. Obviously one needs to avoid big3 clouds and adversarial domain registrars who make it difficult to transfer domains.