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by jguerrero Oct 10, 2002 last reply Nov 10, 2002

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What type of questions would a company who intends to resell internet service need to ask a potential ISP?

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by ann777 Oct 10, 2002

Are you reselling to individual people or to small businesses?

The most important question is as pertains to download/upload bandwidth.

If you are going to provide hosting services, then you need to compare your ISP's services with some of the major companies out there, and see what kind of services you can offer for similar or less costs to your potential clients.

Speed is going to be a major issue for your customers and you will need to be able to provide them with that. Uptime. IP addresses. Firewall. E-mail? accounts. And potentially e-commerce capabilities.

Here are some links to get an idea of services:

Businesses:
http://www.sprint.com/business/data/?refurl=uhp_business_data
http://www.pacbell.com/Products_Services/Business/Catalog/1,,6-1-6,00.html
http://www.earthlink.net/biz/

Personal (or Home/single users):
http://www.sprint.com/personal/data/?refurl=uhp_personal_data
http://www22.verizon.com/ForYourHome/DSL/default
http://www.earthlink.net/home/

Here's a link of links:
http://www.dslavailability.com/dsl_providers/att.htm