T1 short-haul vs. long-haul

Wed Jul 21 17:07:12 UTC 2004

One word of caution on that - we had a customer who got 4 separate
1M/1.5M ADSL circuits - all to the same DSLAM. Ended up that the telco
had only provisioned that DSLAM with a single T1, and was apparently
unable to upgrade that, negating any advantage to the multiple DSL's.
It was a remote DSLAM, not in a CO, btw.

If you don't have a point to point circuit, make sure the upstream has
sufficient bandwidth to support what you are ordering. 

** Reply to message from "Jon R. Kibler" <Jon.Kibler at aset.com> on Wed,
21 Jul 2004 12:44:46 -0400

> Andre:
> 
> If your distance for the short-haul is less than 10 miles or so
> (line-of-sight), I would go wireless. Reasons:
>    a) you can get 10-30MBps on wireless vs. 1.4Mbps for T1.
>    b) if you already have an antenna or other high-point, you can own
> the wireless network for about what the Telco would charge for a T-1
> over about a year.
> 
> If you really want a wire circuit, for long-haul or short-haul,
> consider multiple xDSL connections. For example, under the current
> pricing we are seeing, we can install 8 ADSL circuits for about what
> one T-1 would cost. With 8 ADSLs, you would be getting >10 Mbps inbound
> and 2.8Mbps outbound -- equivalent to 8 inbound T-1s and 2 outbound
> T-1s for the same price as a single T-1.
> 
> Just some thoughts.
> 
> Jon Kibler
> -- 
> Jon R. Kibler
> Chief Technical Officer
> A.S.E.T., Inc.
> Charleston, SC  USA
> (843) 849-8214

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