Does Degree Wellness specify a particular internet supplier for the required high-speed internet service?
Degree_Wellness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We also require you to maintain a dedicated high speed internet services or connection or other communication means for remote access and information retrieval by us, as we may specify from time to time in the Operations Manual or otherwise in writing. We do not specify a specific internet supplier.
We have contracted with third parties to provide web site design, maintenance, hosting, and search engine optimization for our franchises, and certain technology-related administrative expenses. You will be required to use all such services. You will pay us a fee for such services, and we will pay the third-party providers directly. The amount you pay us may be less or more than the amount we pay to the third-party providers and may be used to offset internal costs related to the stated purposes of this fee.
Source: Item 8 — Restrictions on Sources of Products and Services (FDD pages 26–29)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Degree Wellness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are required to maintain a dedicated high-speed internet connection for remote access and information retrieval by Degree Wellness. However, Degree Wellness does not specify a particular internet supplier that franchisees must use.
This provides some flexibility for the franchisee to choose an internet provider that best suits their needs and budget. It is common in franchising for franchisors to mandate certain technology standards to ensure consistency and compatibility across all locations, but the choice of the specific vendor is sometimes left to the franchisee.
Degree Wellness does require franchisees to use contracted third parties for website design, maintenance, hosting, and search engine optimization, for which the franchisee will pay a fee to Degree Wellness. This fee may be more or less than what Degree Wellness pays the third-party providers and may be used to offset internal costs.