Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Will Fractional T1 Solve This Problem
Here's Streamyx picture you're looking at:
You have Streamyx Streamyx Adsl268891 small business....with Streamyx Speedometer18788 than 10 employees....who are Streamyx modem hooked into a router attached to a DSL modem.
You all need to be logged into an online database through the Streamyx Streamyx Streamyx9005 all day. You Streamyx Streamyx Speedtest4742 your staff access the database to do lots Streamyx Faq62908 data entry Streamyx Adsl2452061 well as uploading of files. When all of you are logged in, the upload/download speed frequently is incredibly slow.
When you run DSL speed tests on any of your office machines, it shows around 1.1 mbps in the morning. By mid-afternoon, the speeds are down to 600 kbps on most of the machines. You've even seen them as low as 350 kbps.
Would a Fractional T1 solve this problem? Fractional T1s in your area run around $290/month. You don't believe a standard internet 1.5mbps T1 line is really affordable Streamyx Faq76900 you at $399/month. (Dollar figures are just an example for purposes of this article).
Well.....here's your answer:
Reliability, dependability, and fitness for a particular purpose have more to do with the shared nature of the services that you are using than they do with "speed". DSL is a shared resource service. Shared means that many customers are sharing an underlying internet backbone connection....that's why your speeds drop during the day ... more users are watching music videos from home in the afternoon than during the morning, sucking up all the provider's bandwidth. If the "fractional T1" provider Streamyx Test30714 also be sharing their connection to the internet backbone with many of their customers, Streamyx Adsl38338 you will likely find the same thing at the new carrier, though the busy times would be different.
The provider offering you a "T1" for $399/month is also likely sharing their backbone connection.
Remember that a shared service provider will measure speed from his office to your office, and Streamyx Streamyx Adsl292002 guarantee throughput to the internet backbone. If the shared provider Streamyx Adsl89822 a 45M connection, and he sells 30 customers a 1.5M connection, what happens to the 31st customer? A shared provider will plop him on the same connection. Same thing with the 32nd customer, and the 33rd customer, and that's where speed Streamyx Speed24550 arise.
What you need is a dedicated connection to the internet backbone, where you have your own slice of bandwidth that is not shared with other users. You say you can't afford $399. That's $20/day. That's one hour of a decent employee. What you can't afford is Streamyx Online with your internet circuit, and shared connections are causing you problems.
However....before changing out the network facility and rushing to more bandwidth, first give the current carrier the chance to troubleshoot what might be broken!
Michael is the owner of FreedomFire Communications....including DS3-Bandwidth.com and Business-VoIP-Solution.com. Michael also authors Broadband Nation where you're always welcome to drop in and catch up on the latest BroadBand news, tips, insights, and ramblings for the masses.