Dial up access

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Joined: Apr 2001

Greetings

Firs let me thank you for all your answers you gave me

I have another question
I have an option to get fiber optic line to Internet so my question is what do I need from hardware to become ISP

I know I have to buy phone lines but what else?

thank you very much for your answer

Jaiem's picture

They have: 1,191 posts

Joined: Apr 1999

Off the top of my head I'd say a bunch of modems and some kind of multiplexer to auto switch between them. That's for the dial up. You also need a business system to handle payments.

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Joined: Sep 2000

You will also need backup power to keep the system running. It's a big operation to start an ISP. You may want to start looking at magazines like Network Magazine. I think there's also an ISP magazine, but I can't recall the name exactly.

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