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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 15:16:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Brian Elliott <elliott@ultranet.ca>
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On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Brian Elliott wrote:

> I am seriously thinking of starting up an internet provider service here in
> Prince George, B.C., CANADA.
> 
> Can you please, if possible, tell me where to go to find out the steps I
> need to take to set up a business of this kind.

1.  Figure out what you're going to offer and how much to charge.
2.  Figure out a place to work out of.
3.  Buy equipment as necessary.
4.  Buy a big pipe from your local telco that goes to your network access
    provider of choice.
5.  Install FreeBSD on your server(s).
6.  Turn everything on and be happy :)

This is a bit general -- some newsgroup surfing should find something more
specific.  If you decide to go with #5 then the freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
mailing list may be of interest.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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