And they are still more expensive than DSL, although prices have
dropped. We pay about $500/month for ours. There are outfits out
there that say they can provide T1 for less, but I'd be curious if
they can provide it for less and have guaranteed speeds. T1 lines run
at 1.5 Mbps (up and down), and yes, it is old technology (at least,
that's how I view it). Verizon's new technology, TLS (Transparent LAN
Service) is fiber-based and is available in only a few areas (DC
Metro is one). The lowest price version of this service, running at
10 Mbps, has a cost just a little higher than T1. The service goes up
to 1,000 Mbps. Although designed as a LAN-to-LAN service, it can be
used in standalone form, I'm told (one of our locations in the
Northern Virginia area has the LAN-to-LAN version which works well).
T1 and T3 are good speed choices for copper. TLS and FiOS (business
version) are good otherwise, but the rub is that fiber isn't
available everywhere yet. Where I am (Manassas), it is not going to
come down our street anytime soon. Biggest difference (aside from
cost), as far as I can see, between TLS and FiOS is TLS guarantees
up/down speed, FiOS uses that waffle term "up to".
Adil
At 11:41 AM 6/13/2008, you wrote:
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:18:38 -0500
From: "Rev. Stewart Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: T1 vs DSL?
The only difference I would be able to see is that they would not be
able to put the limits on a T1 line like they can with a home level
DSL line. Also I would think throughput would generally be a little
better. But that is only conjecture.
That being said. They were very expensive at one time.
Stewart
At 10:06 AM 6/13/2008, you wrote:
>I need a technology update. Somebody just asked me about dropping DSL for
>a T1 line.
>
>Is not T1 old infrastructure that phone vendors are looking to unload on
>the unwary? I know that T1 is regulated and comes with SLAs (Service
>Level Agreements), but I think that would have little meaning to most
>customers and would just make it more expensive than equivalent-speed DSL.
>
>Also, is it not true that provisioning and maintaining T1 is more
>complicated?
>
>I see some articles on the web touting T1, but it looks like the web is
>being salted by carriers who want to sell T1.
>
>
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