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High speed internet access - dsl, cable, wireless and satellite in your area.
Broadband is often called high-speed Internet, because it usually has a high rate of data transmission. In general, any connection to the customer of 256 kbit/s (0.256 Mbit/s) or more is considered broadband Internet. The International Telecommunication Union Standardization Sector (ITU-T) recommendation I.113 has defined broadband as a transmission capacity that is faster than primary rate ISDN, at 1.5 to 2 Mbit/s. The FCC definition of broadband is 200 kbit/s (0.2 Mbit/s) in one direction, and advanced broadband is at least 200 kbit/s in both directions. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has defined broadband as 256 kbit/s in at least one direction and this bit rate is the most common baseline that is marketed as "broadband" around the world. There is no specific bitrate defined by the industry, however, and "broadband" can mean lower-bitrate transmission methods. Some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) use this to their advantage in marketing lower-bitrate connections as broadband.
In practice, the advertised bandwidth is not always reliably available to the customer; ISPs often allow a greater number of subscribers than their backbone connection can handle, under the assumption that most users will not be using their full connection capacity very frequently. This aggregation strategy works more often than not, so users can typically burst to their full bandwidth most of the time; however peer to peer (P2P) sharing systems, often requiring extended durations of high bandwidth, stress these assumptions, and can cause major problems for ISPs who have excessively overbooked their capacity. As take up for these introductory products increases, telcos are starting to offer higher bit rate services. For existing connections, this most of the time simply involves reconfiguring the existing equipment at each end of the connection.
These high speed internet access service quotes look up are provided free of charge with a goal of providing unbiased advice and recommendations regarding all of your broadband high speed internet connections. When you find a plan that interest you, click on the order button next to that carrier. Please note that high speed internet access might not be available in some areas. Enter your information below to begin your free high speed search quotes. Cable television and telephone services are also available depending on your location.
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T1 Voice Service - Customers with 12-24 phone lines also rely heavily on DS-1 voice service. Since there are 24 DS-O circuits bundled together on one T-1 circuit, you can have 24 phone lines connected to the long distance carrier at the same time. Any number of the total 24 channels (circuits) can be set up as: Outbound only T1, 800-inbound only T1, BI-directional T1 and Local Service T1. T1 Voice, however, has two costs associated with it. The Local Loop and Long Distance Usage. The Local Loop is the flat fee that it costs to connect the customer to the long distance switch. This is a pass-through fee to the local phone company. The Long Distance Usage (LDU) is a separate charge in addition to the local loop. Long distance usage rates for dedicated accounts are usually 10-40% less than regular switched long distance rates.
T1 PRI Voice Service - T1 PRI Voice Service is exactly the same as T1 "regular" service, with 1 exception: only 23 channels are dedicated to voice or data. The last DS-0 channel is taken off to handle other applications, such as caller ID or a connection with the local telephone network or routing to a hold queue until 1 of the 23 channels opens up. Call Centers are the most frequent users of PRI Voice Service since they rely on the 24th line to provide caller ID.
Integrated T1 (Voice and Internet) Service - Integrated T1 service is just what the name implies: both voice and data traffic on the same T1. Since you have 24 channels (23 with PRI) to work with, you can divide up the load according to your customers need. For example, a company may have 10 phone lines. You can allocate 10 DS-0 lines for Voice, and 14 DS-0 lines for Internet.
Point to Point T1 Service - If you require constant connectivity to another office location, you should consider Point to Point T1 service. This is the same as regular T1 service, except now you have a Local Loop on 2 ends instead of just 1. This increases the cost of the monthly recurring local loop charge, but calls (or data transfer) between these two points is unlimited, with full duplex speed of T1 (1.5 MBPS).
Frame Relay Service - Frame Relay is for offices with 2 or more locations that require constant connectivity. Unlike Point-to-Point, the end-user can select sub-T1 speeds between each satellite location and the main office (or Host). This reduces cost and allows for future upgrades in speed on an as-needed basis.
Virtual Private Networks - Virtual Private Networks, also known as VPN, are a much cheaper and in many cases more practical alternative to Frame Relay. Using a VPN, companies can network their computers together from remote locations using the regular internet. VPN technology will encrypt the communications between each location so that a high level of security is present, ensuring the privacy of the virtual network.
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