Internet Arena DSL rates depend on your telephone company, data-transfer speed, and intended usage. The Internet Arena's pricing philosophy is based on the premise that those running servers should pay for bandwidth used, while normal information consumers should have flat-rate, unmetered service.

The Internet Arena makes no distinction between business DSL users and personal users, but we do base our rates on data transfer speed, and whether or not our customers are running servers. Running a server on your DSL connection indicates that you're providing an Internet information service of some type, and inviting the world to access data from your machine, such as web services, file downloads, game servers, and chat servers.

Also, proxy servers fall into this category. It'is possible to connect dozens or hundreds of computers behind a single proxy firewall connected to your DSL line. For this reason, for either personal or business use, DSL customers running proxy servers are considered to be information providers. Our server plans include a generous base bandwidth allotment, static IP assignment, and DNS services. We expect the vast majority of customers will rarely if ever exceed their base bandwidth allotment, and incur any additional surcharge.