Topic 'Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded)' in forum 'Speakeasy'

Topic 'Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded)' in forum 'Speakeasy' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21693793 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:41:53 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:41:53 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22541300 said by lorennerol:

said by cooldude9919:

said by keeleysam:

We currently have a Speakeasy T1, and until I read all this, I was going to switch to the 3x3 service. I don't want to be on XO's network, especially using Speakeasy VoIP.

I think if more speed is needed, it makes sense to just order a Comcast business line and use the T1 as a backup incase it goes down.

What sort of cost/speed for that service?
All depends on if the service is even offered in your area, and then how much construction is involved to get the fiber into your location. It may cost $5k or $25k to get it from a splice point into your building. But expect to pay anywhere from $600-$1200/mo for 5mbps to 10mbps with around $500-$1k up front cost on a 3 to 5 year contract. Speed can be bumped up within a matter of days to anything we need, so for my needs it works out well.

We have it at 2 sites in houston, contract signed for one in nashville, and in talks for four in atlanta. Construction costs are currently a problem in atlanta as comcast said it would be $75k for all four sites, so the MRC numbers they are giving me are out of my budget.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22541300 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:04:01 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22541212 said by cooldude9919:

Only thing that sucks about comcast via coax is you can only get a max of 14 ip addresses. If you need more than that then you would be SOL via coax. We have comcast's metro-e fiber based service at 2 sites with a 3rd on the way and it is pretty sweet and you can have whatever ip's you can justify.
What sort of cost/speed for that service?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22541212 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:48:22 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22541049 said by keeleysam:

We currently have a Speakeasy T1, and until I read all this, I was going to switch to the 3x3 service. I don't want to be on XO's network, especially using Speakeasy VoIP.

I think if more speed is needed, it makes sense to just order a Comcast business line and use the T1 as a backup incase it goes down.
Only thing that sucks about comcast via coax is you can only get a max of 14 ip addresses. If you need more than that then you would be SOL via coax. We have comcast's metro-e fiber based service at 2 sites with a 3rd on the way and it is pretty sweet and you can have whatever ip's you can justify.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22541049 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:23:38 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22509651
I think if more speed is needed, it makes sense to just order a Comcast business line and use the T1 as a backup incase it goes down.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22509651 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:20:39 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22345089 said by speakeasy:

FYI -- Speakeasy has a sub-60 millisecond latency per their terms of service:

"Speakeasy guarantees a maximum average latency of 60 milliseconds from Customer's router to the nearest gateway on the IP network"

»speakeasy.net/tos/sla_bb.php
What is the significance of this? Good or Bad?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22345089 Tue, 05 May 2009 20:25:32 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22291010
The IP provided in the Speakeasy email as the "Address to assign to your PC for testing" goes on the WAN interface. Period.

The assigned subnet can then be used on the LAN interface. But who wants to use public IP addresses on their LAN?? So if you want to run something like 1:1 NAT with an M:1 overload, you have to put another router behind the first one, assign the subnet to its WAN interface, then do NAT as you like. Without the second router, you are stuck with using just one IP and simple PAT (port address translation).

Other things:

1. Despite being repeatedly told that the WAN interface on the router must be set to 10 megabit/full duplex, this was incorrect and restulted in extremely poor throughput. Setting the interface to Auto rested in throughput roughly equal to advertised-10%.

2. Despite being told repeatedly that a crossover cable was required and would not be provided, it was both provided and not necessary.

3. One day after go-live, the circuit went down. Apparently XO has bad firmware on a router somewhere and it took them an entire business day to sort it out after the client reported the outage.

Caveat Emptor on this product- it's not as mature as DSL/T1/etc.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22291010 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:26:56 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22290591 said by lorennerol:

I made the cutover last night. Issues:

1. If you want a routed subnet you will need two routers. Yes, two. Two Speakeasy people indicated that this has been a significant source of confusion and frustration. At a minimum, it needs to be commumicated to the customer before they order.

2. Speed, at best, is 10% lower than advertised. With a laptop connected directly to the Hatteras box I could get 2.7-2.8 consistently. I thought this was Ethernet with no overhead?

3. Behind our one router (ZyXEL ZyWALL 5), speed tests are wildly variable.

4. Ping responses from 4.2.2.1 this morning are consistently 50% higher than a Comcast business connection.

5. Despite what I was told, the circuit terminates on XO gear. This is different than Speakeasy ADSL and T1 circuits.

6. If you don't have a router on which you can set the WAN Ethernet port speed to 10/full, you need a new router. It's possible that placing a switch between the router and Hatteras box could work, but I didn't test.

7. I called Speakeasy support on the speed issue. The refused to open a ticket because their speed test (sea.speakeasy.net) on a directly connected PC showed an acceptable result. An FTP test and other speed tests were not as rosy, but were dismissed as not reliable. The final, acceptable speed test run by the installer showed on the install records. The half-dozen he ran before, which showed issues, magically disappeared.

8. Previous statements in this thread about Speakeasy techs being unable to do any meaningful troubleshooting on these circuits are correct: The only thing they can do is open a ticket with XO.

9. The Hatteras box strikes me as beta hardware. It has no indicator lights on the front, the power supply connects via screw terminals, etc.

10. There was a lot of noise about being required to use a crossover cable between the Hatteras box and the router. During extensive testing last night trying to get the speed stabilized I found that it didn't make a difference.

No complaints from the client this morning, so that's a plus. I'd give it a C- so far.

I'll post an update once it's been running for a couple weeks.
would you mind to post what routers you are using? and their configurations. use example ips of course. thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22290591 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:08:45 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22200883 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22200883 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:09:35 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22200091
The tech this AM insisted that I remove the router and test with my laptop directly connected to the Hatteras. When that didn't work he informed me that the Windows Firewall was the problem and that I would need to disable it. I declined.

:(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22200091 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:35:36 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22199675 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22199675 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:09:56 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22196831 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22196831 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:43:51 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22176982
1. If you want a routed subnet you will need two routers. Yes, two. Two Speakeasy people indicated that this has been a significant source of confusion and frustration. At a minimum, it needs to be commumicated to the customer before they order.

2. Speed, at best, is 10% lower than advertised. With a laptop connected directly to the Hatteras box I could get 2.7-2.8 consistently. I thought this was Ethernet with no overhead?

3. Behind our one router (ZyXEL ZyWALL 5), speed tests are wildly variable.

4. Ping responses from 4.2.2.1 this morning are consistently 50% higher than a Comcast business connection.

5. Despite what I was told, the circuit terminates on XO gear. This is different than Speakeasy ADSL and T1 circuits.

6. If you don't have a router on which you can set the WAN Ethernet port speed to 10/full, you need a new router. It's possible that placing a switch between the router and Hatteras box could work, but I didn't test.

7. I called Speakeasy support on the speed issue. The refused to open a ticket because their speed test (sea.speakeasy.net) on a directly connected PC showed an acceptable result. An FTP test and other speed tests were not as rosy, but were dismissed as not reliable. The final, acceptable speed test run by the installer showed on the install records. The half-dozen he ran before, which showed issues, magically disappeared.

8. Previous statements in this thread about Speakeasy techs being unable to do any meaningful troubleshooting on these circuits are correct: The only thing they can do is open a ticket with XO.

9. The Hatteras box strikes me as beta hardware. It has no indicator lights on the front, the power supply connects via screw terminals, etc.

10. There was a lot of noise about being required to use a crossover cable between the Hatteras box and the router. During extensive testing last night trying to get the speed stabilized I found that it didn't make a difference.

No complaints from the client this morning, so that's a plus. I'd give it a C- so far.

I'll post an update once it's been running for a couple weeks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22176982 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:33:01 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22159491 said by danggang:

We had Business Ethernet (10mb symmetrical) installed at my company's HQ about two weeks ago. Prior to that we had Speakeasy's 3mb bonded T1 service for about two years. Prior to that, we had SDSL service with Speakeasy, and I've had Speakeasy DSL in various forms at home for about 8 years. So far I am not impressed with the BusE service. Install issues (of which there were plenty) aside, the service has not proven to be anything like as reliable as my T1s were. As others have pointed out, Speakeasy is reselling XO service here: the installers are XO field techs, and the circuit is connected to XO's network. This makes troubleshooting difficult, since the customer can't communicate directly with a tech who's looking at the back end of the circuit. Instead, messages have to be relayed back and forth via SE (who, in turn, basically just has to take XO's word for what's going on). Also, all XO (and, unfortunately, some of the SE techs I've dealt with) seem to care about are speed tests. I haven't had any latency issues (around 6ms pings from my router to XO 's nearest POP), but I have been plagued with reliability issues. The connection hiccups, and at times just goes down altogether. Further, neither SE nor XO take responsibility for the router with this service, so you're left on your own to solve any router configuration issues -- or even just determine if there might be a router configuration issue. (To their credit, SE is helping me with some of this, even though they don't have to.)

Anyway, I haven't given up yet, and this is just my personal experience; other customers are obviously using the BusE and are apparently having better luck than me (I can't find any discussion on the topic, other than here). If anyone else has this service, I'd appreciate hearing your experience with it, with the Hatteras box, and with XO's network and tech support.
This is the exact issues i am afraid of. My issues would be worse in the fact that i wouldnt be on site and would be doing everything remotely. Sounds like it may be a better idea to try to work with XO directly and use speakeasy's price as a negotiation tool.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22159491 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:08:12 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22155295 might be a router configuration issue. (To their credit, SE is helping me with some of this, even though they don't have to.)

Anyway, I haven't given up yet, and this is just my personal experience; other customers are obviously using the BusE and are apparently having better luck than me (I can't find any discussion on the topic, other than here). If anyone else has this service, I'd appreciate hearing your experience with it, with the Hatteras box, and with XO's network and tech support. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22155295 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:19:49 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22116508
Being DSL, unlike T1, it is distance sensitive.

Speakeasy does all the service, monitoring, etc. They provide a four nines SLA. You get 16 static IP addresses with the service-extra IP's are available for an additional charge.

They are still trying to prequalify my client.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22116508 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:53:11 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22096680 said by cooldude9919:

said by lorennerol:

said by krosburg :

Just want to make a comment about Speakeasy reselling ANYthing from XO -- this is not good at all. I am currently considering switching from XO to Speakeasy for the T1 (1.5) service and have had a really awful experience with XO over the years.

I have a 3.0/3.0 order in for a client right now. I'll report back after cutover to let everyone know how it's going.

Let us know the lead time, actual throughput, and maybe a few trace routes. Are you going through xo or speakeasy?
It's ordered through Speakeasy. I'll keep everyone posted.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22096680 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:40:35 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22096586 said by lorennerol:

I have a 3.0/3.0 order in for a client right now. I'll report back after cutover to let everyone know how it's going.
Let us know the lead time, actual throughput, and maybe a few trace routes. Are you going through xo or speakeasy?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22096586 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:28:15 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22084972 said by krosburg :

Just want to make a comment about Speakeasy reselling ANYthing from XO -- this is not good at all. I am currently considering switching from XO to Speakeasy for the T1 (1.5) service and have had a really awful experience with XO over the years.
I have a 3.0/3.0 order in for a client right now. I'll report back after cutover to let everyone know how it's going.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22084972 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:35:44 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22084645 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22084645 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:44:11 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22066721
"Speakeasy guarantees a maximum average latency of 60 milliseconds from Customer's router to the nearest gateway on the IP network"

»speakeasy.net/tos/sla_bb.php]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22066721 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:48:21 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22059508 For more details, call 877.240.4850

10 Mbps Ethernet
1yr - $1295
2yr - $1100
3yr - $995

5 Mbps Ethernet
1yr - $850
2yr - $800
3yr - $720

3 Mbps Ethernet
1yr - $580
2yr - $480
3yr - $380

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3mb - $593 $380
5mb - $773 $720
10mb - $1198 $995

It is an interesting product, basically they just run a form of dsl over plain copper pairs and use a box from hatteras networks to bond all the lines together to get you your 3,5,or 10mb. When you think about it at least you have more of a redundant circuit (~5 copper pairs or something like that for 10mb) vs a single pair for a t1. Then again the line is not near as conditioned as a t1 would be.

I would really like to hear from some people who have used this product as the pricing per mb makes it pretty attractive.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-22015105 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:00:35 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21876546
»www.lightreading.com/document.as···d=152667

»www.lightreading.com/document.as···d=165904

»www.hatterasnetworks.com/default···Overview]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21876546 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:34:22 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21875272 said by paule123:

As far as I can tell the only downside to this new SE ethernet service is they are reselling an XO product and from what I gather XO isn't the greatest provider. (peering not as good as ATT, VerizonBusiness/MCI/UUNet, etc.)Ugh. I didn't know it's XO service they are reselling. This isn't good news.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21875272 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:15:00 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21874518
I am curious as to how these ethernet circuits are routed, are they at the mercy of XO if something goes wrong?

I have a $400/mo 1.5M T1 with another provider and would jump to the 3Mbps ethernet if it's as reliable.

Also curious if I ordered the 3Mbps level ethernet service would they in fact install 5 2Mbps circuits so I could increase the speed later with a phone call? (from what I read this is how these ethernet over copper (EoC) services work, by bonding five 2Mbps circuits together for a max of 10Mbps)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21874518 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:03:59 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21748435 said by threecheese:

I currently have a speakeasy T1 (1.5Mb/s, low latency).
I am considering switching to the new Business Ethernet, with 3 3Mb connections bonded together. They are the same price per month.

Can anyone tell me which one I am better off using? I run several websites on the connection, as well as a terminal server with about 7 users all across the country. I am happy with the speed, but could definitely use more. I do not use so much bandwidth that I saturate the T1.

Speakeasy doesn't give many details about the connections, except that they are 3Mb/s.

Thank you so much!!
Please let me know the details as well. I went to the speakeasy website for a speed test and to my surprise I saw the 3 - 3 package as well. I came to this forum to see if anyone has signed up yet and any other specifics on the service.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21748435 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:28:49 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21728422 said by kamm:

It's 3Mb down and 3Mb up, not 9Mb - the '3x3' moniker is quite a stupid, confusing marketing idea, I agree.
I think it was the use of the word 'bonded' that led me to believe it was 3x3 megabit circuits. It's not a bonded circuit, as near as I can tell, just a 3 megabit Ethernet circuit.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21728422 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:43:22 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21726402 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21726402 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:11:51 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21700609 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21700609 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:01:46 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21696853
And, it doesn't say 9Mb anywhere in the literature, so do I assume that 3 x 3Mb == 9Mb? That makes sense in real life, but in marketing-speak...

I am worried about latency. Would I have to sacrifice the low latency of the T1 for the higher bandwidth of the Ethernet? It would be very helpful if someone could explain this to me.

Thanks!! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21696853 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:48:49 EDT Re: Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21693854
I'm surprised that you can get a 9mbit Ethernet circuit for the same price as a T1. The T1 should be around $300- are you getting the bonded Ethernet circuit for that?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21693854 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:59:32 EDT Full T1 vs Business Ethernet 3x3Mb (bonded) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21693793 I am considering switching to the new Business Ethernet, with 3 3Mb connections bonded together. They are the same price per month.

Can anyone tell me which one I am better off using? I run several websites on the connection, as well as a terminal server with about 7 users all across the country. I am happy with the speed, but could definitely use more. I do not use so much bandwidth that I saturate the T1.

Speakeasy doesn't give many details about the connections, except that they are 3Mb/s.

Thank you so much!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Full-T1-vs-Business-Ethernet-3x3Mb-bonded-21693793 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:49:06 EDT