What do you pay for a dedicated Fiber internet connection for business?

[RadiclDreamer]

I'm checking around to see if i can get some average prices, specifically on what a 50/50 dedicated fiber internet connection should cost. Could you share the following if you dont mind. Our current vendor wants $2799 month for dedicated 50/50 with <50ms latency and 99.97% SLA just making sure thats a good deal. We arent rural, but we arent exactly metro either, in a town of around 30k

City
Cost
Speed

Thanks!

 

[Lifted]

NYC
$1,000
100/100

$2800 doesn't sound so bad for a fairly small town/city.

 

[VirtualLarry]

FIOS 25/25 is like $100/mo around here in MA. I don't know how much a business FIOS line costs. Probably more, but I don't think $900 more. That of course requires that you are in an area served by FIOS though, and I've heard Verizon has cut way back on their expansion plans for FIOS.

 

[kevnich2]

$2799/mo sounds about right for 50/50 enterprise dedicated fiber with SLA. Business dedicated fiber is totally different than home based. FYI - FIOS for business is also different than enterprise direct fiber as well. I know on ours if something goes down we have at most a 4 hour repair time, including for a fiber cut. It's spliced and repaired within 4 hrs. That support is what you're paying for. Home < Business < Enterprise

 

[VirtualLarry]

Our consumer FIOS was cut by a careless backhoe a few months back. It was fixed within a day though. (Well, more like under 8 hours.)

 

[drebo]

FIOS (PON) isn't anywhere near the same as an active Ethernet fiber network. It's incomparable.

The pricing, however, is going to be extremely region dependent. It'll also depend on the product you're getting.

However, for $2800, it might actually be cheaper to talk to a CLEC and see what a DS3 would be. You might find a CLEC willing to sell you one for less. Also, talk to wireless providers. I'd sell someone 50mbps of wireless over a licensed band for less than $2700/mo on a 3 year term.

 

[ViviTheMage]

In Minneapolis we pay 2600 for a 100/100 Ethernet fiber link.

We have had 100% uptime over the last 16 months, our QMOE has been cut once, but that was MNDOT, not the providers fault.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

FIOS (PON) isn't anywhere near the same as an active Ethernet fiber network. It's incomparable.

The pricing, however, is going to be extremely region dependent. It'll also depend on the product you're getting.

However, for $2800, it might actually be cheaper to talk to a CLEC and see what a DS3 would be. You might find a CLEC willing to sell you one for less. Also, talk to wireless providers. I'd sell someone 50mbps of wireless over a licensed band for less than $2700/mo on a 3 year term.

We have a DS3, but we use it for remote sites connecting to us, not thrilled with that vendor to be honest