Comtrends provides on-site ISP consulting services. Looking to set up your own ISP? We have a team of engineers prepared to come on site and ready you to take on the world. Comtrends' ISP engineering staff travels the world consulting with many top providers on innovative award-winning solutions. Consulting is all we do- we're not equipment resellers, so there's no hidden agenda. Our only goal is to provide you with the quality service you need.

Need help? The ISP marketplace moves quickly. If you're running as an ISP, you know this all too well. Yesterday, providing dialup Internet service satisfied the needs of your customers. Today, you need to offer high-speed connections -- xDSL, cable modems, or wireless technologies that your engineering staff may not be completely familiar with. As your customer base grows, you outgrow the servers and network built just a short time ago. Your customers aren't as happy as they used to be, and you're afraid that you've got a huge mess on your hands.

Never fear. Comtrends is here to help. We can help plan out your ISP's future growth, build a solid technical foundation, and allow your company to expand and grow. If you're just getting started, we'll help you build a technically sound business plan. We'll be there with you as you bring your first customers online, and we'll stay with you while you add many more happy users.

Sample Solutions:

Supernet 300 employed Comtrends to design and implement a wireless business and residential ISP in Lagos, Port Harcourt, and Abuja, Nigeria. Comtrends engineers worked on site and remotely to get Supernet 300 online and ready to serve customers and continued to provide ongoing support through their first two years of operations. Hybrid Networks, the manufacturer of the wireless broadband equipment used at Supernet, recently won a Wemmie award from the Wireless Communications Association in recognition of this sucessful installation. Comtrends is proud to have worked with Hybrid and Supernet as the primary system integrator on this project.

Monroe Utilities offers Internet service through their cable television network to customers in Monroe, Georgia. When their cable modem equipment vendor Hybrid Networks went bankrupt, Monroe Utilities turned to Comtrends to provide support for their headend equipment. Comtrends engineers worked on site to keep their old Hybrid equipment operational while they migrated to a new, more modern system.

VA Linux Systems called on Comtrends engineers to provide rebranded technical services to several large customers needing design and implementation work. Our engineers helped design and build large server clusters for web and email services.

North Avenue Technologies used Comtrends consultants to troubleshoot production server problems at a major northeastern US bank. Our engineers were able to resolve the problem to the customer's satisfaction while minimizing downtime of a critical resource.

Oracom Communications recieved business consulting services from Comtrends. Comtrends staff actually filled in as Oracom management throughout their startup phase and worked with staff on completing the business plan, interfacing with government officials, and obtaining equipment from overseas vendors. We provided full plans for building a wireless ISP and complete marketing and operations guidelines. Using these plans, Comtrends helped obtain appropriate ISP and frequency licensing. Oracom is currently in advanced negotiations with additional investors to begin rolling out its services in four states.

Linux General Store used Comtrends consultants to build a network and servers to support a wireless network rollout in Atlanta, GA. To keep costs down, our engineers re-used LGS's old servers and built a reliable Debian Linux-based network for LGS.

E-Access, Inc called on Comtrends consultants to move their ISP infrastructure away from a failing Windows NT system to a solid, scalable Linux-based solution.

Independant Exchange Points:

Comtrends is working on projects throughout Latin America, Asia, and Africa to set up local Internet Exchange Points which allow local ISPs to peer within the country/region they are in. This keeps network traffic destined for local hosts off of expensive satellite links and makes high-bandwidth applications like voice and video conferencing work between local users

As an ISP-neutral vendor, Comtrends can work with organizations who are looking for assistance planning, setting up, or operating local exchanges or other cooperative projects.

For more information on our specialized ISP technical consulting services, contact us