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Wholesale Dialup Directory

Price is important, but how much connectivity costs is not the only factor to consider when determining which wholesale dialup provider is going to be a part of your ISP business.

Basic dialup connectivity is considered to be a commodity by many Internet service providers, but there remain differentiating factors among wholesaler dialup providers, beyond the price of access.

Some questions to consider when selecting your ISP's wholesale dialup provider include:

  • Which wholesale dial provider will increase your revenue and profitability the most?
  • Which provider will minimize the cost of building and maintaining a network for your expansion?
  • Who retains control of user authentication?
  • Who remains in control of sales, marketing, customer service, and billing?
  • Is the service scalable?
  • Who provides the wholesale dialup provider's backbone connections?
  • Does the wholesale dialup provider support service level agreements (SLAs) for uptime guarantees or no busy signals?
  • What happens when you have to resolve a technical problem?

This directory and Quick Reference Chart are designed to present ISP operators large and small with different options when determine which wholesale dialup provider is right for you.

Of course, when making a decision of this magnitude, it also pays to ask around. Find our for yourself which wholesaler really pays attention to startup customers.

 

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