This white paper discusses the business of providing broadband Internet access to subscribers either over DSL or Cable systems.

The white paper introduces basic hardware required to provide such service in both DSL and Cable cases. The white paper also discusses the hardware required on switch or server side and the hardware required on the customer premises.

After that the white paper discusses the role of billing in providing such a service and special challenges that a billing system must meet to offer such services. It introduces prepaid and post billing of data and mentions the challenges for billing system in both cases.

The whitepaper also points out areas of potential revenue loss and mentions strategies for your billing system must have to reduce them.