ISPs in Texas

How to find TX Internet service providers to keep your business connected
By Emmet McMahan Texas Internet service providers, or ISPs, connect subscribers to the Internet in exchange for a fee. A national ISP will allow access to customers in much of the nation while a local ISP limits its customers to a specific geographical region.
 

A small business should consider a separate web hosting company to maintain its website instead of using the web space from the Internet providers in Texas. Businesses with high-traffic sites may require a large national company that can provide mirroring and redundant connections for their websites.

The first consideration in deciding which Internet service provider in Texas to use is the type of access you want:

1. Dial-up access is the slowest connection using a phone line. You must dial in to the Texas ISP, and frequently you'll have a limit on the amount of connection time you have.

2. Digital Subscriber Line, or DSL, access is available through the phone in most areas. DSL is faster than a dial-up connection and usually allows dedicated access.

3. Texas broadband providers have the fastest connections small business owners in Texas can generally afford. Internet services in Texas also offer high-speed cable Internet access.

Locate an ISP in Texas that offers cable access to small businesses

ISPs in TX that provide an always-on cable connection are frequently the best deal for small businesses. Some national ISPs offer packages tailored to the size of your business.
Try: Conway is a Texas high-speed Internet provider that provides a premium business Internet package using cable. It also sells additional IP addresses, email address and web space separately. Cox’s business division offers Internet service solutions for businesses of all sizes and also allows you to customize your service with many additional options.

Find Texas ISPs that offer DSL service

Many ISPs in Texas design DSL packages for business owners throughout much of the nation. Businesses can bundle multiple services together, such as Internet and web hosting, to get a better deal from the ISP.
Try: Sprint Nextel has an extensive, secure network that covers most of the country and provides ADSL, IDSL and SDSL for businesses. Qwest offers DSL connections and many other Internet services for small businesses.

Check out the access packages from a local Texas Internet service provider

A rural business may have to depend on a small, local TX Internet service provider. ISPs in Texas frequently offer wireless DSL service for these businesses.
Try: Omni Internet provides full T1 Tier 1 connections to businesses in Kerrville. First Texas Broadband is located in Rockwall and provides synchronous DSL services that allow businesses to upload as fast as they can download.

• Use Internet service providers in Texas with a Tier 3 rating or better, especially if you are running a small business. The tier rating establishes the ISP's proximity to the Internet and generally how fast its access will be, all other things being equal. Tier 1 ISPs are linked directly to the Internet; Tier 2 ISPs lease their connections from Tier 1 ISPs and so on.