| Understanding T1 benefits So we are in a broadband dead zone. We are stuck with an ISDN connection. We are growing our business and therefore our internet speeds and reliability are suffering.
Here is my issue. I need to justify to my boss why we need to spend money on a T1 line. However, I am a bit confused about it. We can get a T1 1M/1M for around $500. In an office of about 50 people, will that be a big step up for us bandwidth wise? I once heard that with a T1 you get "True Speed." What does that mean. I know I be taking the blame if we sign a contract for a T1 then the internet doesn't improve. |
|
|
|
 RockyBBPremium
join:2005-01-31
Steamboat Springs, CO | said by rvdsabu44 :
I know I be taking the blame if we sign a contract for a T1 then the internet doesn't improve.
First off, be sure to negotiate that you will get the credit if the internet does improve. Your ISDN BRI line runs at 144K, right? So a T1 at 1.5M will be 10 times faster! It's just math. Even better, assuming your $500 price is from a Tier I provider (AT&T, VZB, Sprint, Qwest, Global Crossing, Savvis, XO) the T1 speed will be dedicated to your circuit ... no sharing upstream bandwith or oversold situations like with DSL and cable (and ISDN BRI) ... this might be what you're referring to with "True Speed." On the other hand, if you publicize that you're getting a new internet connection, people might increase their use (start downloading things they would not have otherwise downloaded, etc) which might drive performance down to current levels of response. You'll want to put some management tools in place to block access to internet sites that would be inappropriate for the business you're doing there. |
|
| reply to rvdsabu44
I do work for a manufacturing plant that has about 75 computer users. We had a 6/1.5 (Maybe 6/.768, I can't remember) DSL connection. It was ALWAYS going down. I don't know if it was the lines or the fact that AT&T would only provide us with support on really shabby home user routers. I considered buying a decent firewall or router that did PPOE but if there were any problems AT&T wouldn't touch the situation. After a month where we were without internet access for about 10 business days the President of the company decided enough was enough. $100 for DSL that cost a bunch of money in business problems or $400 for a T1 line.
The T1 line came in, complete with a good Cisco router and has been stable (It has gone down for a few hours three times in a year) compared to what it was before. I'll tell you one thing, I had to start cracking down big time on what users were doing. With the DSL connection users were allowed to stream audio/video/whatever they wanted (Company policy). Once the T1 came in bandwidth was a premium so I had to put an end to all of that.
Time Warner wouldn't lay Cable in the area because construction costs would be too high and there wasn't enough demand for it, or I would have gone with that. I don't know how many ISDN connections you have (128/256/384) but don't expect enormous speed boosts from a T1....reliability/support are the main advantages |
|
 tm
@sperry-marine.com | After unemployment hits 25% those construction costs will plummet to WPA levels and fiber built out to every farm house.
Three years maybe less. |
|
