The internet plays such a big part in our lives, but most people don’t think about the infrastructure supporting it—except, of course, when it fails.
Now, taking a business owner’s point of view, you can own all the software and hardware you need to provide your service, but it also includes regular maintenance. For example, in software, you need to add security fixes, patches, updates, make backups, and so on. As for hardware, you must consider electricity, network cabling, internet provider, securing your building, hardware failures, and more.