On Friday, August 12, 2005, 11:54:36, Jim Van Meggelen wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> On Thursday, August 11, 2005, 21:28:18, Nick Bachmann wrote:
>>>> ...
>>> As other people have pointed out, T1s are North American. The
>>> generic term DS1 is probably best here--a DS1 can be an E1,
>>> T1, J1, etc.
>>
>> Isn't E1 32 DS0's whereas DS1 is 24 DS0's?
>
> E1 is 32 DS0s, T1 is 24 DS0s,
>
> A DS1 is a trunking facility which is composed of DS0s. In some parts of
> the world, a DS1 will be 32 Channels, in others, A DS1 will be 24
> channels. This inconsistency is probably why the term DS1 is so rarely
> used - it begs the question: E1 or T1?
As this thread is illustrating there's a need to distinguish between
transmission rates (DS0, DS1, E1, DS3, etc.) and the carrier technology
used (T1, T3, etc.)
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