Better Online Speed?

i have dsl but looking foward to get a t1 line if thats possible?

how can i get one? like how much isit a month? and who to provide the service?

 

You may shop around your local area for 'point-to-point wireless' providers. They might be able to hook you up.

Mark

 

is T1 faster thaN cable or dsl? and how much faster?

 

just upgrading to cable will at least triple your connection speed, possibly more. t1 would be faster than that, but i can't think of the aproximate speed for t1 off the top of my head.

 

T1 is for mainly use for corporate company or schools or w/e is big place that needs internet.

The speed of T1 is 1.5 Mbps. T1 data lines are the most common high speed data lines in use today. They are used to carry both data and digital multiplexed voice channels (24 toll grade voice channels per T1). DSL is capable of providing T1 speeds within a limited distance to the telephone company central office (C.O.) at a fraction of the T1 price. The cost of a T1 is very high due to special requirements that are placed on the cabling between the C.O. and the user. These requirements include the removal of all bridging and taps and the installation of repeaters along the cable. At longer distances, DSL can provide Fractional T1 speeds. DSL is clearly a lower cost alternative to a T1 circuit.

A T1 line might cost between $1,000 and $1,500 per month depending on who provides it and where it goes. The other end of the T1 line needs to be connected to a web server, and the total cost is a combination of the fee the phone company charges and the fee the ISP charges.

So if you have some money to burn, T1.

JC

 

ok that to much money, how about cable VS dsl, i been hearing that cable is fater?

 

It is depend on where do lived. Like, is there many people using cable in your neighborhood? If so, there will be reduction on the speed, because you have to share speed in your neighborhood.

Cable modems are an alternative for broadband residential service but are generally not suitable for business-class broadband for the following reasons:

* Service: Most business locations are not serviced by cable and therefore can not be connected. In addition, cable service has been historically unreliable. Each time the "cable goes out" so does your Internet connectivity.
* Speed: The cable users are set up as a LAN or Local Area Network to share a single fiber connection among the hundreds (maybe even thousands) of subscribers. As more and more of your neighbors connect, your bandwidth or line speed diminishes proportionately. Cable companies typically can not guarantee a minimum available bandwidth. Once the initial speed has been determined and set at installation, your bandwidth never changes.
* Security: Being on a Local Area Network does not provide for a secure connection for electronic commerce. Your connected neighbors and competitors will be able to intercept your credit card or other sensitive, confidential company data using a device called a sniffer. DSL is a direct connection between your business and our equipment located in secure telephone central offices. The DSL line is never shared.

JC

 

wow u seen to know, well dsl is tha safest , well how can i speed it up?>

 

wow u seen to know, well dsl is tha safest , well how can i speed it up?>

 

The only ways that i know how you can speed the DSL up are by call your DSL provider and upgrade your DSL package or you can move, why is that? Because the farther you away from the DSL company, the less speed you will have.

JC

 

You might also want to try tweaking XP Registry settings to get the most out of your Broadband Connection. This has drastically improved both my Download Speeds from around 270KB/Sec to over 300KB/sec. http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks

Check Out http://dslreports.com especially if you have SBC/Yahoo DSL in the Chicago area. Their forums are terrific, and very knowledgeable... Many times over my own head.



Good Luck

 

What make T1 stand out of the crowd is it's upload speed. What make it sux??? PRICE!!
Download speed, DSL can be 2x(3.0mbps) faster than T1. Cable modem on the other hand offer 6mbps download, which is blazing fast. I constantly getting 500-600kbytes per second in my area when downloading from high speed server. Both DSL and Cable however suffered slow upload speed(368-768kbps), as comparable to T1(1.5mbps) But what I heard the best internet connection(speed/price wise) is Verizon FIOS, $34-39.95 5mbps down, 2mbps up... That's pretty good but unfortunately, It is not yet available in my area.
You can try your luck by going here

http://www22.verizon.com/FiOSForHome/channels/FiOS/HighSpeedInternetForHome.asp

 

cable is about 3 times faster than dsl, very secure with a firewall (just as secure as dsl) very reliable. sounds like this guy works for the telephone company.

 

i was referring to netbrakr

 

lol *coughcough* You must be joking. I am a college student. But who knows, maybe I will work at a telephone company in the future. Seriously, thats is my opinion.

JC

 

"What make T1 stand out of the crowd is it's upload speed."

Well, that and a service level agreement that cable or DSL won't even consider.

"The other end of the T1 line needs to be connected to a web server,..."

Though I agree with you on your other points, netBrakr, this statement doesn't seem to be true, though maybe I'm just misunderstanding...

T1's can also vary in cost. As the person responsible for our IT systems at my old firm, we paid ~$350/mo for our T1 (Manhattan, NYC, NY, USA). But if you're looking for residential service for typical use, T1 is probably overkill, because for most people the added upstream bandwidth won't be used, and they can live with the occasional slowdown or downtime every now and again.

 

yeah, a T1 is just a trunk of 24 DS-0s (which is just a standard full duplex phone line). there's nothing magical about it. it doesn't have to be plugged into anything except a router (if your pushing data) or a switch (if your pushing voice traffic). it doesn't have to plugged into a web server, it's actually not that good of an idea since you want your Web Server isolated into a DMZ since it sees the outside world.

T1's used to be stuck at around 1500 bux (around 750 for the (C)LEC fee and about 750 for the CO fee), but they dropped significantly and the cheapest i've seen 'em as of a year or two ago was around 500 bux (in southern california). i'm not at all surprised they're at 350 especially in a densely populated area like Manhattan. You probably can't spit without hitting 2 or 3 COs.

 

My download speed on cable modem is much faster than at T1. I get nearly 5mbps down. However, upload speeds are around 350-400kbps. That's the big difference (other than the service agreement) between residental service and commercial service. DSL is usually cheaper than cable, at least in my area. YMMV.

Check www.broadbandreports.com for more options.

Russ

 

actually, the difference is a technical one. a T is a dedicated trunk all the way to the CO. cable is not dedicated and speeds can vary. having said that, and having had both DSL and Cable, i can say that cable is much much faster than DSL. I had SBC/Yahoo DSL and it went down a lot. I've had Cox and Adelphia Cable and have never experienced a loss of service with either.

 

T-1's are definantly not recommended for private use. If you are running a server or something like then then it would, but not just for home use.

Drumfu explained it pretty well. (sounds like he has telecom experience)

Cable is great, I have about 6Mbps down and 768kb up. Which I don't upload much, so I mind. Yes it is more of a security risk, if you don't have a FW, but other than that I would take it over DSL anyday of the week.

 

DSL is usually cheaper by me, too, but cable is faster. I use Comcast, and as an FYI, they started rolling out 16mbs/down in some areas over the last week or two.