[184758] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dial Up Solutions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Satchell)
Sat Oct 17 11:55:00 2015
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From: Stephen Satchell <list@satchell.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 08:54:57 -0700
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On 10/17/2015 07:29 AM, Jason Canady wrote:
> I'm going to go with Justin's suggestion and go with a wholesale
> provider such as DialupUSA. It's not worth paying for the lines and
> keeping a T1 or better for just a few users. DialupUSA use to charge
> around $5/user. They also had hourly and per port options. Looks like
> you can port existing numbers to them now. I used them 9-10 years ago
> and they were great to work with! IKANO bought them out since then, but
> they still operate under DialupUSA.net. They have DSL and T1 options too.
The ISP I consult to uses an outsource dial service (don't remember
which one). They require us to maintain a RADIUS server accessible from
the public internet, to validate callers and handle options and
restrictions. You probably have a RADIUS server already, but you may
need to make minor (but tedious) modifications.
Factor that into your planning.
