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It seems like there'd be a market for a "ISPaaS" style company. This company would consult on the setup, in the style of this guide, but would remote-admin all

It seems like there'd be a market for a "ISPaaS" style company. This company would consult on the setup, in the style of this guide, but would remote-admin all the gear, keep track of updates, security settings, make sure everything is documented, run 24/7 NOC monitoring, spot bottlenecks early and recommend upgrades, review site access contracts (or provide standard contracts), run billing and customer service etc. Basically, all the things that are easier and cheaper to run at scale. Their business model would be to take a cut of billing. The local owner would scout, deal with negotiating site access and provide the capital. The ISPaaS could provide detailed standard/lightly customised installation documents that could be handed to local contractors, or handled by the owner. They could also maintain a stash of marketing collateral and website templates and of course provide a forum for network owners to share ideas and best practices.

zimpenfish 9y ago
> It seems like there'd be a market for a "ISPaaS" style company. A few UK companies (easynet springs to mind) had "virtual ISPs" where you pay to use all their infrastructure (hosting, email, dialup, etc.) and get branded pages / etc. I don't think any of them have survived to the modern era though.
grahamburger 9y ago
(author here) It's possible that this could turn in to something like that. When I originally started writing it that's exactly what I had in mind, actually - but I have since started working with common.net and I'm quite happy there. If this is something people are interested in though reach out to me! I may be able to line something like this up.
- cweagans 9y ago
  I am very interested in this. Making it dead simple to set up an ISP would be a very awesome thing.
  - grahamburger 9y ago
    shoot me an email graham at startyourownisp.com.
    - cweagans 9y ago
      Sent!
Swannie 9y ago
Australia specific, but: https://www.telcoinabox.com.au/ https://www.telcoinabox.com.au/

zimpenfish 9y ago

> It seems like there'd be a market for a "ISPaaS" style company. A few UK companies (easynet springs to mind) had "virtual ISPs" where you pay to use all their infrastructure (hosting, email, dialup, etc.) and get branded pages / etc. I don't think any of them have survived to the modern era though.

grahamburger 9y ago

(author here) It's possible that this could turn in to something like that. When I originally started writing it that's exactly what I had in mind, actually - but I have since started working with common.net and I'm quite happy there. If this is something people are interested in though reach out to me! I may be able to line something like this up.

cweagans 9y ago
I am very interested in this. Making it dead simple to set up an ISP would be a very awesome thing.
- grahamburger 9y ago
  shoot me an email graham at startyourownisp.com.
  - cweagans 9y ago
    Sent!

Swannie 9y ago

Australia specific, but: https://www.telcoinabox.com.au/ https://www.telcoinabox.com.au/