Remember that these can be offered directly by you or through a partnering arrangement with another organization. The key is that all of these services must fit the needs of your specific clientele. For example, if you cater exclusively to businesses through broadband private line services, residential dial-up services may not be the best place for you to launch into the world of Internet. We'll continue with the others in upcoming issues. Wireless For a CLEC to provide Internet connectivity, there must be a connection to either a larger backbone Internet provider or connectivity to one of the many Internet peering locations.
Pricing can be a flat rate per month or a burstable rate depending on the volume used.
Bandwidth pipes are becoming more and more of a commodity, so it is a good idea to shop around and compare between multiple vendors. Also, for redundancy purposes, it is a great idea to have more than one provider of Internet backbone connectivity. For example, if your connection to your primary provider were to go down for any reason, you would still have access albeit strained from your alternative provider. This may very well mean multiple groups of dial-in trunks. In addition, you will need a modem pool sufficient to meet anticipated traffic.