I'm wondering... How much does it cost to start up a NOC at VERIO? I see a VERIO datacenter in BOSTON. Any ideas?

First of all Verio is a NOC, so you can start up one at verio, you can rent colocation space from them in their data center, secondly you should contact verio directly to get pricing, as theres no way for us to gauge how many racks your putting in, how much bandwidth youll need, what provider your going with etc..

The NOC I used to use in the UK (Telewest noc) cost them £10,000,000 that's 10 Million UK Pounds to build/maintain etc.....

but... companys like Telewest can afford that, users like us would not get close to that, unless you have a lot of capital money to invest into a NOC.

Thats, why users are getting franchised NOCs from companys like VDI etc...

Hey,

Im not too sure, but I remember reading an article about the opening of DialTone Internet's datacenter and the cost to construct the data center was around 14 million USD. Thats alot of $$$$$.

Now, just think....they have people onstaff 24/7....as well as network engineers, sales reps, tech reps, marketing department, not to mention the internet backbones. The costs can get into the millions per month!

Also, DialTone Internet's datacenter is a pretty small one compared to the INTEL and AT&T datacenters.

Jim

What are the average prices for other companies? Would it be better to rent one cabinet instead of renting the whole suite?

I woud start off by renting one full rack .. or cabinet . Why spend at least $10,000 for a cage if you're only use 2 racks .. :)

What if you would like to offer dedicated servers?