Jonathan, Depending on where you are located specifically, you may be able to get a copper or fiber cross connect to a provider that can give you a 100Mbit port, or something with a very low commit on a 1Gbit port. Depending on the company/person, trading out of band ports can go a long way too.
Another option is Mikrotik has a few devices that accept SIM cards, and can work with providers like Google Fi and others. The advantage of the Mikrotik or *NIX system is, it can run a Tailscale or ZeroTier client, eliminating any need for a static IP. Kind regards, Ryan Hamel ________________________________ From: Jonathan Kalbfeld via NANOG <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 4:16 PM To: nanog <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Kalbfeld <[email protected]> Subject: Best recommendation for out of band router access? Caution: This is an external email and may be malicious. Please take care when clicking links or opening attachments. Hello, Obviously dial up is no longer practical for most applications. I have a some of my gear co-located in a facility in downtown Los Angeles where the idea of paying a monthly for a cross connect to get a phone line is just not practical. Can anyone recommend an idea that's not super cost prohibitive that would involve some kind of 4G or 5G Sim with a static IP address that is not CGNAT? I'm running OpenBSD for my Edge routers, so plugging in a USB is not guaranteed, so is there a product that might have some kind of a bridge functionality where it will establish a mobile IP connection and then plug into my switch? Also open to reasonably priced provider recommendations. I don't need a lot of bandwidth since this would mostly just be SSH or maybe openvpn traffic. If you know of service providers as well as recommended products, that would be ideal. I don't want to spend thousands, but a few hundred dollars on gear seems reasonable. Very best, Jonathan Jonathan Kalbfeld office: +1 310 317 7933 fax: +1 310 317 7901 home: +1 310 317 7909 mobile: +1 310 227 1662 ThoughtWave Technologies, Inc. Studio City, CA 91604 https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthoughtwave.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cryan%40rkhtech.org%7C0bc2145d10064b0b0fbd08ddfbc0674f%7C81c24bb4f9ec4739ba4d25c42594d996%7C0%7C0%7C638943525978343319%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=dLqFcGc6P01nfu00Rbyrtl9pFBsITLTY4wjoLXiWrRY%3D&reserved=0<https://thoughtwave.com/> View our network at https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbgp.he.net%2FAS54380&data=05%7C02%7Cryan%40rkhtech.org%7C0bc2145d10064b0b0fbd08ddfbc0674f%7C81c24bb4f9ec4739ba4d25c42594d996%7C0%7C0%7C638943525978387615%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ODdQWZTB5cXhLNf9xROYSpDAS1Bp5F4UmrFsZWK6eWw%3D&reserved=0<https://bgp.he.net/AS54380> +1 844 42-LINUX _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.nanog.org%2Farchives%2Flist%2Fnanog%40lists.nanog.org%2Fmessage%2FJMUJYP5Q5HWP44V2MLGPGTMMPMJYPL3K%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cryan%40rkhtech.org%7C0bc2145d10064b0b0fbd08ddfbc0674f%7C81c24bb4f9ec4739ba4d25c42594d996%7C0%7C0%7C638943525978405799%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JoSrn2NkW1RSFaL14MJ1J5dXSXAFYS3kxLOIDDTgzhk%3D&reserved=0<https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JMUJYP5Q5HWP44V2MLGPGTMMPMJYPL3K/> _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MDMBFZO3IVIQQCUYS3JWGYYFHNARMLLF/
