On 01/26/12 3:43 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
Yes, the cost for a T1 will seem very high. It is antiquated telco tech. T1s are generally very reliable, but very very slow.
1.5Mbps is not faster than 40Mbps. There's nothing hidden in the way they advertise speeds.
DSL and DOCSIS technologies have advanced and matured over the last couple of decades. T1 has not. A T1 connection is the same now as it has always been.
a modern T1 (aka DS0) is likely delivered to the end premises over HDSL using 2 pairs. while its slower than those consumer oriented technologies you mention, its far more reliable and has a guaranteed SLA (service level agreement) you won't get from DOCsis (cable) or end user ADSL, and tends to have very deterministic latencies...