T1 Services & Solutions Frequently Asked Questions
How can we switch our business phone service to a dedicated T1 system and bypass our normal local phone provider?
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Definitions
Fractional T1 - is best for commercial customers that need serious bandwidth, but not a full T1. T1 is a term for a digital carrier facility used to transmit DS-1 formatted digital signals at 1.544 Megabits per second. A T1 is made up of 24 digital channels. Most small Internet providers have a T1 (or a fractional T1) line as their connection to the Internet. A full T1 should accommodate from one to over 200+ users and other services from an Internet service provider (ISP). For those whom a T1 is not necessary, fractional T1s are available at a lower cost. They simply use a fraction of the total channels available for a full high speed internet T1 line.
Integrated T1 - A great new and popular service that allows you to combine all of your voice and internet requirements on one T1. Perfect for business with 5 + phone lines. These solutions start as low as $339 a month. This is the solution that the traditional phone companies don't want you to know about.
T1 / T3 Point-to-Point - Point to Point service provides you with the maximum amount of bandwidth around the clock for the most demanding Internet applications and access requirements. Point to Point service provides your business with a dedicated, 24 hour-a-day link to the Internet on the a Tier-One, national backbone. Starting from speeds of a fractional T1 through a full 45Mbps DS3 connection, Point to Point service will link your business directly from your network to your providers Point of Presence (POP). Since you won't be sharing this circuit with anyone else, this type of connection provides your business with a guaranteed connection to our facility 24 hours a day.
T-1 - is a solution for business that have more than 20 using the internet or businesses that utilize significant voice and data applications. T1 is a term for a digital carrier facility used to transmit DS-1 formatted digital signals at 1.544 Megabits per second. A T1 is made up of 24 digital channels. Most small Internet providers have a T1 line as their connection to the Internet. A full T1 should accommodate from one to over 200+ users and other services from an Internet service provider (ISP).
T-3 - is a group of 21 T1's combined together to form a circuit. This T3 circuit is capable of 44.736Mbps both upstream and downstream. Fractional T3s are available to those who need high speed internet downloads and uploads faster than a T1 but who do not need a full T3 line.
OC3 - are for carriers and large corporations requiring significant bandwidth. OC3 operates with SONET (Synchronous Optical NETwork). SONET was created to handle the gigabit/second data rate needed for the expansion of broadband and the Internet. As OC3 has such a high data rate, it is mainly used for large businesses with thousands of users or, more frequently for ISPs who need the bandwidth to handle all of its high speed internet requirements of their customers.
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