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    Free Incoming Bandwidth in Dallas?

    Hello,

    Are there any bandwidth or hosting providers in Dallas that offer free incoming bandwidth? We are getting a transport Gig-E line back to Dallas from a small town that needs internet services primarily for residential download use. We understand that most providers have lots of outgoing bandwidth customers and few incoming bandwidth customers, so we are looking for a provider that would only charge us for outgoing bandwidth. More than likely this Gig-E transport line would go back to 2323 Bryan St.

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    You might want to contact dedicated server providers in the area, as they probably have more outbound traffic. I don't know of any in 2323 Bryan St. Can you hook up to 400 S Akard St (Databank) or the Infomart? Databank is down town near Bryan St.
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    Hello Kyle - it's not uncommon for bandwidth providers to offer better rates on inbound network traffic but I think you might be going about this in the wrong way. I would suggest you get a list of colo or hosting providers that offer a multi-homed network solution at 2323 Bryan St that can sell you a cross connect. Chances are nobody is going to "give" you free incoming bandwidth, but you can see if there is a provider there that will offer a GigE in and 100Mbps out. You more than likely will have to commit to something as opposed to charging for what you use.
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    Dan,

    Thank you for the suggestion. Does anyone know where I can find a list of colo and hosting providers that are in 2323 Bryan St? Would another datacenter in Dallas be better suited for this opportunity?

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    Quote Originally Posted by KyleLC23 View Post
    Dan,

    Thank you for the suggestion. Does anyone know where I can find a list of colo and hosting providers that are in 2323 Bryan St? Would another datacenter in Dallas be better suited for this opportunity?
    It all depends. The pricing of cross connects vary data center to data center. You are going to need to colocate a router or some type of network device yourself at one of these data centers for the GigE handoff, or metro ethernet.

    I would recommend you contact Bob with Quote Colo for space for your router and the bandwidth, and for a fiber cross connect to the provider that is selling you the GigE handoff back to your town. You will have about 3-10 providers all contact you within the next 24-48 hours.
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    I've heard of deals structured where eyeball traffic is sold at substantially reduced rates, typically with some sort of inut ratio that needs to be maintained. Also, do not under-estimate the bandwidth needs for all of the likely P2P traffic you likely end up having going on your link
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    Quote Originally Posted by KyleLC23 View Post
    Dan,

    Thank you for the suggestion. Does anyone know where I can find a list of colo and hosting providers that are in 2323 Bryan St? Would another datacenter in Dallas be better suited for this opportunity?

    Kyle,

    Give www.datacentermap.com a look. That should give you the information you need for Bryan St.
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    Try BandCon, I am fairly certain they would agree to a deal like this.

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    Yeah, definitely keep an eye on p2p. The last estimates I saw put p2p at 30% of global internet traffic. If you assume that most of the upload is coming from end-user networks rather than seedboxes at datacenters, you could see your upload usage being about 1/3 of your downstream usage, just because of p2p, based on these estimates.
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