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Internet services have a wild range of service fees.
Higher prices do not necessary mean better services. Make sure the ISP has a good understanding of Internet technologies and knows how to use them to help your business. A traceroute from point A to point B will send a packet from point A to point B and will show you every stop it passes and at what speed. ISPs with consistent less stops and smaller ms are better. We can assist you to obtain a merchant account if you can't get it from a local bank.