It can also occur in private peering arrangements where two networks arrange to jointly terminate in a common router and exchange their packets directly with one another. This consists of a connection to a port in your router and a port in a customer premise router. You can choose to offer the router as part of your service and therefore be responsible for managing the customer premise connection. Or, you can connect to a customer-provider router that meets your specifications. These, however, are technically full bandwidth with modified pricing considerations.
Dedicated connections allow a full two-way pipe for movement of information.
For larger organizations or those needing high bandwidth for big files, dedicated access is critical. There are no modem pools to contend with and the major challenges generally involve domain name service or routing problems. From an opportunity standpoint, no dedicated connection in my opinion should be without a firewall and a well-articulated network security policy and plan. We will cover these in more detail in later articles. Dedicated connections normally are priced as a flat rate port charge plus any local loop fees.