....How to Tell You Need T1 Service..... Is it time to look for
T1 service?

Many people are confused when they consider whether to upgrade
from DSL or not. There are several factors to consider when
examining you current DSL connection and the possiblity of
replacing it. For many people the biggest factor is reliability
and if reliability is critical to the applications you run over
your connection you should seriously consider replacing your DSL
connection with a T1. DSL is a quick and cost effective method
of acquiring high speed bandwidth however it is not intended to
support commercial applications or large numbers of users as are
T1 connections.

Reliability becomes critical when customers or employees depend
on your connection for immediate responses. If your customers
use your connection to access your databases or your server or
the internet then reliability of your connection is critical. If
your employees depend on your connections because you host the
e-mail server in house or host web servers or ASP type products,
your connections is considered critical. A critical connection
can be viewed much like a lifeline, without which your business
would be negatively impacted. Your monthly savings of having a
sub-par connections will not make up for the loss in
productivity of your employees or loss of customers when your
DSL connections gets bogged down or cut off. To reiterate,
ciritcal connections should be supported with a T1.

Many customers are extremely price sensitive and cannot afford
the cost of a T1 which can be as much as 20 times more expensive
than a DSL connection (although prices have come down
drastically in recent months). Residential customers who are
most sensitive to price should not consider a T1 circuit unless
then have a business reason to pay for such a circuit and cannot
access DSL service. Most people don't realize that a DSL
connection can be just as fast as a T1 at 1.5Mbps. The
shortcoming of DSL is that it is oversubscribed. This means
there is a finite amount of bandwidth available and a customers
speed can drop if other customers in the neighborhood decide to
use their service. SDSL (Synchronous DSL) is a business class
DSL and is ranked as a higher priority than residential DSL or
ADSL (Asunchronous DSL). This means it is not oversubscribed to
the extent than ADSL and is subject to fewer bandwidth
restrictions.

In short, if price is your critical factor go with DSL. If
reliability is the critical factor purchase a dedicated T1.

About the author:
Michael is the owner of FreedomFire Communications
http://ld.net/mscprez and http://DS3-Bandwidth.com
.......delivering choices to both residential and business
consumers for voice and data broadband services. Michael also
authors BroadBand Nation http://BroadBand-Nation.blogspot.com
where you're always welcome to to drop in and catch up on the
latest BroadBand news, tips, and ramblings for the masses.

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