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Utilizing T1 Service for Internet Access
Internet has revolutionized the way we work. Whether you are a large corporate or work out of your home, Internet has become a dedicated 24X7 tunnel for exchanging information with business associates, employees and clients at faster speeds. With increasing dependence on the Internet, business users often feel the need to make this business tool even more efficient and reliable.
Companies are often frustrated with the slow Dial-up connections, which make it difficult to connect fast running applications to the Internet. Worse, the faster DSL (if you get it in your area) is unreliable, with poor repair/maintenance service. And in today's business environment, losing your Internet connection means losing business.
In this scenario, T1 Internet access offers a viable, cost effective option that is reliable, resilient, and easily available. Some of the major features of T1 Internet are:
1. Dedicated, high-speed, always-on Internet access
2. Additional bandwidth (for running advanced Internet applications from your own network at speeds from 256 Kbps to 3.088 Mbps)
3. Ability to connect the company mail or web server to the Internet
A T-1 Internet connection consists of the local loop charge (the phone circuit that connects your location to the Internet point of presence (POP) and the actual Internet bandwidth access port charge.
Internet access is possible both via standard telephone lines, as well as over fiber optic cables. So, even in remote locations or rural and urban areas that are not serviced by DSL or Cable, you can still access the Internet.
It offers you 24 digital channels through a Channel Service Unit/ Data Service Unit (CSU/DSU) device, which connects the Data Terminal Equipment (DTE), i.e., a personal computer, and T1 line with the business interfaces to the customer's equipment (such as a router).
It performs line encoding and conditioning functions and has a loop back function for testing. The CSU also acts as a surge protector to protect your equipment from voltage anomalies such as lightning, and a monitor of the line itself.
With a dedicated access, and one or more static IP addresses for the servers, you can simultaneously use a T1 line to provide email and web browsing services to your employees, and operate your web and email servers. Other major advantages of T1 Internet Services are:
Distance No Bar: Irrespective of your distance from the phone company central office (CO), you are assured full speed access to the Internet.
Remote Locations: It is available even in remote locations where DSL cannot be delivered due to a lack of suitable copper facilities. (Higher speed DSL services are only available to locations within 12000 feet of the CO.)
24X7 Service: To ensure minimal interruption in your service, some T1 routers provide support for automatic failover to another type of connection like DSL or ISDN. Some hardware will even allow load balancing across a T1 and DSL connection for even more available bandwidth.
Full High Speed Access: With a full T1 Internet connection, you are assured a 1.544 Mbps of transmission on the carrier's network, regardless of what other customers are transmitting and receiving.
In order to access T1 Internet Service at local as well as remote levels, the most widely used equipments include:
Smart Shelves: They house up to 16 rackmount modules, which are used to deploy a variety of network services including ISDN, DDS, T1, and Frame Relay. An added benefit of the Smart 16/16e is centralized management within the shelf.
T1 Access router: It is a cost-effective, fixed-port, which is IADs designed to support either TDM or emerging packet architectures. These IADs offer enterprise users and integrated communications providers, (such as CLECs, ILECs, and ISPs), a means to offer combined voice and data traffic over a single network interface terminating at the customer's premises.
T1 Digital Cross Connect System (DCS): It is a digital switching device for routing T1 lines. It can cross-connect any T1 line in the system with any other T1 line within the system.
T1 channel Banks: It converts analog signals into digital signals to be carried over higher-speed lines like T1.
T1 DSU/CSUs: Packaged as a single unit, these two devices connect a terminal to a digital line. The DSU can be compared to a very high-powered and expensive modem. This device performs protective and diagnostic functions for a telecommunications line.
Amazingly, this state-of-the-art Internet service is very cost effective. When you buy a T1 Internet, you essentially pay for two components - the local loop (connects your location to the carrier's Point of Presence) and the port.
The price of the local loop varies according to the distance from your location to the carrier's POP. Different carriers will price it differently. On an average, you can buy an Internet T1 for $400 to $1,300 per month, depending on the installation location and the desired speed of the service.
What is more, this high-speed, dedicated Internet access is a priority-based tariff service. This means that it is scalable to provide faster access speeds up to 1.544 Mbps for your expanding business needs.
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