I'm in the process of starting an ISP right now, so I've just been getting prices for dedicated fibre lines. So let's do some quick math. A 1Gbps dedicated (un

I'm in the process of starting an ISP right now, so I've just been getting prices for dedicated fibre lines. So let's do some quick math. A 1Gbps dedicated (uncontended) fibre line in Europe seems to be in the region of $/€/£600 per month. How much data can one push on that per day (assuming 1Gbit/s = 100Mb/s real world)? In one day: 100 * 60 * 60 * 24 = 8.64Tb So call it one snowcone per day. So you could in theory send 30 snowcones a month, a total snowcone value of $60*30 = $1800. However, at $60/snowcone, you would have to send 10 snowcones per month before your own dedicated line breaks even. So yeah, if you're sending 10 or more per month, every month, consider getting a dedicated line. But that seems like an unusual use case to me. There's also a bunch of organisational reasons to use something like snowcone, I'm sure.