Comparing Business Internet Providers Without Getting Sold To
Why this search is broken by design
Every carrier's page for 'business internet providers' is that carrier selling you that carrier. The comparison sites are lead farms selling your information to whichever carrier pays. Almost nobody publishing on this topic is on your side of the table. This page is the version we wish existed when our clients started shopping.
The three products hiding behind one word
'Business internet' covers broadband (cheap, shared, best-effort — fine for a small office), dedicated internet access (symmetric speeds, a real service-level agreement, priced accordingly), and wireless/fixed 5G (fast to install, useful as backup or for temporary sites). Most businesses overbuy because a salesperson quoted dedicated circuits to a ten-person office — or underbuy because a broadband plan is quietly running the payment terminals.
What to check before you sign anything
The uptime guarantee and what it actually pays when missed. Install lead time — dedicated fiber can take 90+ days and carriers routinely miss it. The term length and what auto-renews. Whether the 'free router' is a rental fee hiding in another line item. And whether your contract bundles things you already pay for elsewhere. A provider comparison that skips these is a brochure.
How we help
Velocity works with all the major carriers and answers to you. We quote your locations across every available provider at once, translate the proposals into comparable numbers, and negotiate the terms — with any compensation we receive from the winning carrier disclosed in writing before you commit. If the best answer is the incumbent at a better rate, that's the answer you get.
What should it cost? Check free
Before you talk to anyone, benchmark your current bill or quote against market percentile bands — by speed, product type, and location — with our free business internet cost tool. Two minutes, no login, and it comes with the four contract terms that cost businesses the most.
How much does business internet cost?
Broadband-style plans commonly run $70–$300/month depending on speed; dedicated internet access with an SLA typically runs $300–$1,000+/month per location. The honest answer is that identical addresses can get quotes that differ 2x — which is why we quote across carriers instead of taking one salesperson's number.
Fiber or dedicated internet access?
Fiber describes the medium; dedicated describes the commitment. Dedicated fiber with an SLA is the right answer when internet down means revenue down. Shared broadband fiber is right when it doesn't. Most multi-location businesses need both, matched per site.