starting own isp

danieln1 · 18 Sep 2006 at 22:34

any one know of any info on starting your own isp

have my own comapny at the mow

but would like to get my fingers in the ISP world

thanks

shine · 18 Sep 2006 at 22:35

There was a thread on this not so long ago:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17621916&highlight=starting+isp

danieln1 · 18 Sep 2006 at 23:35

thanks for that

enjoy the reading that lol

so good info and lots off ppl just haveing a stab

looking at cost since we are disgen website etc

so mite as well go full isp

Idid like the part were ppl was saying your mad dont do it no profit

but there is its like and company out there you dont just sell one thing but bunch of lil things and long your not thinking like Del boy your be ok

and as long you dont think own your own company gets you a super car,house in south of france and the rest of it you be ok

depends what you see as an income

But theres note like working for your self

no_1_dave · 19 Sep 2006 at 00:14

I hope your company doesn't require English

sja360 · 19 Sep 2006 at 00:19

no_1_dave said:
I hope your company doesn't require English

thats harsh although i would have put it like this - is english your first language?

no_1_dave · 19 Sep 2006 at 00:22

sja360 said:
thats harsh although i would have put it like this - is english your first language?

I'm not as tactful as some :cool:

sja360 · 19 Sep 2006 at 00:28

no_1_dave said:
I'm not as tactful as some

touché

Slinwagh · 19 Sep 2006 at 11:19

no_1_dave said:
I hope your company doesn't require English

I was thinking that to be honest.

Avalon · 20 Sep 2006 at 12:39

That's true, a little bit of everything can be a good thing but case in hand... a business I have dealt with does business site development and hosting, when talking to them following a fire at the business they told me they had 75% of the sites they hosted back up in 3-4 weeks. I couldn't help but wonder why it took so long, then they told me they only hosted sites on an SDL link in a coms cab at the end of the office, basic UPS and no off site redundancy.... If as a business my site or more importantly email went offline for anything more than a day the impact to my business would be huge let alone 3-4 weeks.

If you want to run a 'mom & pop' ISP (ala US small cable co's rather than as a reseller/VISP) you're going to find it difficult to say the least, the advice given in that thread although at times quite negative was factual, market saturation and low margin's are not the kind of market you get into unless you have a niche premium product or a lot to spend as the COA will be high unless you can convince friends/family to take your product. As one of those who said something along the lines of 'if you have to ask in here you are probably not ready to get into the isp market' please do let us know how you get on, all I can wish you is the best of luck as you will need it.