10Mbit internet link

Hi,

I'm looking to start a WISP in the Wellington region in the next 1-2 years for initially about 50 customers with more to come later on. I'm looking for a 10Mbit+ internet connection to support this, and I will need a /26 block of public IP addresses. Getting 10Mbit internet isn't too difficult, but the data costs a heinously high amount. The cheapest price I could get was $1200+gst per month for 80GB of data alone ($300 more for the connection, which isn't a problem). So the ~150-300GB required would be a minimum of $2300 a month or so. Is there a cheaper way to do it? I would hope to pay more like $5-10 per GB.

Cable would be OK but as far as I can tell, no suppliers of it are able to provide more than one IP address (a Telstraclear limitation I believe).

Any better ideas?

Have you investigated something like Telecom CID? We use it at work, can't remember prices off my head though. It does allow multiple public IP addresses on one connection though.

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Jeremy

Marlborough WiFi Project