T1 Connection
If you are looking for a fast internet
connection for your company, T1 solutions is the best solution for your
business. T1 solutions has good T1 prices and internet service to ensure
that you will receive the best service available. The contract you sign
for T1 access should be comprehensive, with no unwanted surprises or hidden
fees detailing all costs, length of service, and the SLA.
If you break a contract early, expect to fork up several hundred dollars
up to the balance left on the contract. The standard contract length for
T1 Internet access is three years and may include all setup fees, installation
costs, and equipment rental. It usually takes 30 to 45 days from the contract
signing to set up your office for access. Monthly T1
prices range from $250 to $1,000 – with a similar cost for the initial
setup. Fractional T1s run about $100-$200 per month. Bonded T1s are usually
priced at a multiple of a regular T1 line, so three bonded T1 lines equal
around $750 to $3,000 per month. Standard T1 Internet prices include the
phone company’s local loop charge – typically $150 and up.
The majority of vendors will either provide the equipment – routers, T1
pipes, Ethernet cables – for free, or tie them into the monthly pricing.
Certain setup fees may also be waived based on the length of a contract.
Reliability becomes critical when customers or employees depend on your
connection for immediate responses. If your customers use your connection
to access your databases or your server or the internet then reliability
of your connection is critical. If your employees depend on your connections
because you host the e-mail server in house or host web
servers, your connections is considered critical. A critical connection
can be viewed much like a life line, without which your business would be
negatively impacted. Your monthly savings of having a sub-par connections
will not make up for the loss in productivity of your employees or loss
of customers when your DSL connections gets bogged down or cut off. To reiterate,
critical connections should be supported with a T1.
Many customers are extremely price sensitive and cannot afford the cost
of a T1, which can be as much as 20 times more expensive than a full T1
connection. This means there is a finite amount of bandwidth available and
a customer’s speed can drop if other customers in the neighborhood decide
to use their service. SDSL is a business
class DSL and is ranked as a higher priority than residential DSL or ADSL.
This means it is not oversubscribed to the extent than ADSL and is subject
to fewer bandwidth restrictions. In short, if price is your critical factor
go with DSL. If reliability is the critical factor purchase a dedicated
T1.
Residential customers who are most sensitive to price should not consider
a T1 circuit unless then have
a business reason to pay for such a circuit and cannot access DSL service.
Most people don't realize that a DSL connection can be just as fast as a
T1 at 1.5Mbps. The shortcoming of DSL is that it is oversubscribed.
