Will broadband internet provider charge more?

[ricw]

Hi,
If I sign up for VoIPo will my broadband internet provider charge me more money?

What is a reseller and where can I read about it. Is this a service I can offer on my website?


Rick

[EarlyOut]

Originally Posted by ricw

If I sign up for VoIPo will my broadband internet provider charge me more money?

Does your ISP charge you based upon how much bandwidth you use? If not, they won't charge you any more for using VoIP. Bits are bits.

What is a reseller and where can I read about it. Is this a service I can offer on my website?

If you buy a reseller account, you can set yourself up as a web hosting company, and sell hosting to other people. But remember, you're then competing with companies like HG, so you need to be offering something better or cheaper than what HG is already offering. Typically, resellers do best when they're offering more than just hosting space, like website development. On top of that, you have to provide support to these customers - they can't call HG directly, since they're not HG's customers.

http://www.hostgator.com/resellers.shtml

[ricw]

Originally Posted by EarlyOut

Does your ISP charge you based upon how much bandwidth you use? If not, they won't charge you any more for using VoIP. Bits are bits.

I don't think they do but I'll know for sure today.
QUOTE=EarlyOut;342029]
If you buy a reseller account, you can set yourself up as a web hosting company, and sell hosting to other people. But remember, you're then competing with companies like HG, so you need to be offering something better or cheaper than what HG is already offering. Typically, resellers do best when they're offering more than just hosting space, like website development. On top of that, you have to provide support to these customers - they can't call HG directly, since they're not HG's customers.

http://www.hostgator.com/resellers.shtml[/QUOTE] It will be a long time before I am in that position, if ever. I'll stick to my original plan; I know a lot more about it.

Thank you, this was very helpful information and I don't need to look further.
Rick

[ricw]

Originally Posted by EarlyOut

Does your ISP charge you based upon how much bandwidth you use? If not, they won't charge you any more for using VoIP. Bits are bits.

If you buy a reseller account, you can set yourself up as a web hosting company, and sell hosting to other people. But remember, you're then competing with companies like HG, so you need to be offering something better or cheaper than what HG is already offering. Typically, resellers do best when they're offering more than just hosting space, like website development. On top of that, you have to provide support to these customers - they can't call HG directly, since they're not HG's customers.

http://www.hostgator.com/resellers.shtml

I don't think they do but I'll know for sure today.

It will be a long time before I am in that position, if ever. I'll stick to my original plan; I know a lot more about it.

Thank you, this was very helpful information and I don't need to look further.
Rick

[beiker]

Technically, you are just using the service(broadband) that you are paying for. So I'm 100% sure that they wont charge you for it. Just make sure you have enough BW for both data and voice.

Quick question on reseller part, how could HG benefit if they allow resellers to be competing against them?