The dirty little secret of T1 is that in the Bell Atlantic footprint most
T1s are DSL in drag. Verizon uses big optical circuits for their trunks and
peel off T1 & T3 from OC-3/OC-12/OC-48 SONET fiber circuits. The T1 is
actually an SDSL (Synchronous DSL -- same speed upstream and down) circuit.
When I sold Internet services for Verizon we ran specials where we'd through
in a router if you signed up for the T1.
But if you can get FiOS at 5Mbps that would be my first bet, then DSL. I
have a personal disgust of Comcast ("It's Crap-tastic!") based on the poor
service they provide on their flagship product, home TV. Their lousy
network drops so many packets so frequently the HD channels are sometimes
un-watchable with all the pixilation and stuttering sound. I have no
interest in giving them my voice and/or Internet business.
I've had DSL out here in the toolies for five years and it has been
rock-solid. I just ran DSL Reports speed test. Between Western Loudoun and
"Speakeasy" in NY, I got 1.479Mb down and 139Kb up. So I'm already getting
95% of a T1 downstream for $28.90/month or so.
-Mike
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Michel David Lowe
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:COMPUTERGUYS-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric S. Sande
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 12:25 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [CGUYS] T1 vs DSL?
>
> >I need a technology update. Somebody just asked me about dropping DSL for
> >a T1 line.
>
> T1s make sense in certain circumstances. In channelized voice
> applications (digital handoff) they can actually be less expensive
> than multiple individual lines or trunks.
>
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