Other wholesale businesses are a little different than getting into wholesale broadband. You must know the laws and regulations of the land when you set up any business. Almost in every country, wholesale Broadband business is allowed, registration requirements to fulfil. It is essential to register as a company, and a service provider. All the legal requirements must be fulfilled. A business lawyer can guide you in the correct direction. You must make some technical decisions, having learnt the legalities of this business. How do you intend to take the services to your market, and what services are you going to provide. Several options are available:

In order to provide your customers with broadband, voice, and virtual private network services on exchange-by-exchange basis, you need to have Local Loop Unbundling, which enables you to capitalise on the coverage of telecommunication market of an already established provider. LLU bonds you directly into the local network of a common provider, which is generally referred to as the local loop, or the last mile.

There are several available options: Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) enables you to take advantage of on the coverage of telecommunications market of an already established provider in order to provide your customers with broadband, voice, and virtual private network (VPN) services on an exchange-by-exchange basis. Provided you are a public electronic network provider (PECN), LLU connects you directly into the local network of a provider, commonly referred to as the local loop or the last mile.

You own the full end-to-end relationship with your customers, and can offer them a complete range of voice, and broadband services without the need to route them through the main network of BT. There are four elements in the LLU portfolio: Co-mingling and associated services - this covers the location, housing, and connection of your equipment in the exchange of the provider on your own premises, or in the street. Shared Metallic Path Facility (SMPF) - if you only want to offer specific services, such as broadband, you can share the line between the exchange, and the premises of your customers with another telephony provider.

Shared Metallic Path Facility (SMPF) - you can utilise the line between the exchange, and the premises of your customers with another telephony provider if you are going to use the specific services such as broadband.

Unless you are extremely familiar with telecommunications in general, I suggest a meeting with the technical department of your provider. Since they are the providers, they will give you a very clear picture as what to expect. They will also spell out what equipment you will need at the customers end, and your end. Give this angle some careful thought, as prices for this type of equipment will vary vastly. Do not compromise on the equipment at your end, as it is that node that will require good quality equipment for distribution. Apart from the technical aspect, you must also consider hiring people who will provide tech support for you, or operate your help desk. Tech support people are telecom trained, and vary in skill set, and cost. Help desk people do not necessarily have to be technically qualified, although it is desirable. There is also the collection aspect to be taken care of. This is a financial activity, and does not require technical people at all. You will need some sort of management, and billing software. The equipment at your end will carry the consumption part of your distribution, so you will only have to worry about generating bills from it. The rest is all just management of people just like any other business.