We actually ran out of my house in our very early stages at which case we owned everything. We had Google Fiber 8gbps for $150/mo. The only issue was the Google Fiber terms of service — ie they could shut us down at any time. This was one reason we went to colocation.
> at which case we owned everything. We had Google Fiber
So you didn’t own everything. Google owned the IPs and network.
It’s the same colocating in that your network providers can be shut down.