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In my previous post, I shared my rare experience of becoming a part-time Network Engineer in a Company owned by my family. Today, I would like to let people have a very invaluable knowledge about how to open an ISP (Internet Service Provider) business and earn a pool of income with that.

The purpose of my this write-up is to aware people how Internet Service Providers gets the Internet connection from all the way back from some server in United States to your home?

Firstly, I would like you to know the difference about the Committed Internet Connection line and Broad-Band Internet Connection.

Committed Internet Connection Line: Committed Internet Connection means a fixed amount of bandwidth. If you lease a line for 1000mbps connection, it means, there is going to be no fluctuation in the bandwidth, and you will get 1000mbps download and upload speed at your home. Thus, that’s exactly what Internet Providers do.

They lease a line at their POP or where the Head Office is located and then further distribute to their customers. Mostly, Enterprises, Corporations and Bank leases a Committed line either at their franchise or Head Office. That’s why you see a separate section in Banks where Routers and Switches are installed.

So why we, end-users, can not do that? That’s because installing a connection can cost you Millions of Pakistani Rupees. Thus, it is expensive.

Broad-Band Internet Connection: Broad-Band Internet Connection means asking a nearby Internet Service Provider to let you have an internet connection. The bandwidth, you are going to have, is not gonna be fixed. If you get a 10mbps connection, you will see, most of the times, you do not get the 10mbps download and upload speed. So, yeah it fluctuates.

That’s a major difference b/w Committed and Broad-Band Connections.

Now you would able to know that if you are doing a startup with ISP idea, you have to lease a line first to distribute further connections.

Steps you need to take:

1. Contact a nearby POP which may provide you a leased line.
2. Give a contract to someone for installing a buried line to your POP or do it by yourself (Recommended) It will save you 50% of what a contractor would ask for.
3. If you are doing it by yourself, so you have to ensure that every area from which your connection to going to get through, has a consent bill at your table, known as NOC (No Objection Certificate).
4. Then, you would have to arrange an excavator to dig up the route for your connection.
5. Ensure your Line, you are burring down is at least 3ft down, or deeper, for future misconducts/insurance.
6. Ensure your line is secured inside a pipe having a good quality and build so you line won’t be damaged by rocks when buried.
7. Install a POP somewhere near or anywhere you find feasible.

These are the initial steps, you should take.

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