August 2000
Intermediate to advanced
528 pages
12h 44m
English
In addition to evaluating the availability of services, customers should consider pricing and technical characteristics of an offered service before selecting a service provider. Although technical characteristics in particular might seem intimidating, they have enormous implications for the reliability and ease of use of the provider that you eventually select. Technical issues that this section addresses include backbone characteristics, circuit demarcation, and dedicated hosting.
Prices for services can vary dramatically between ISPs, even for the same services and within the same geographical regions. The provider's relative strength and amount ...
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