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How much should a true T1 line cost me a month?
Posted on 7/9/14 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 1:33 pm
And I'm talking a business....albeit a small office with less than 12 people. Someone in our office has apparently taken it upon themselves to change our ISP, and the proposal seems high. But I'm no expert, what should I expect to pay?
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Posted on 7/9/14 at 1:49 pm to Uncle Stu
You know that true T1 is slow, right?
And I haven't seriously looked into it myself, but from what I understand they can range from cheap to expensive ($1k+/month), depending on market. Cable or DSL business plans are generally faster and cheaper, I believe.
And I haven't seriously looked into it myself, but from what I understand they can range from cheap to expensive ($1k+/month), depending on market. Cable or DSL business plans are generally faster and cheaper, I believe.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 1:51 pm to Uncle Stu
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And I'm talking a business....albeit a small office with less than 12 people.
Im in the same type of office. we had t1, just switched to cable. much better and cheaper
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:09 pm to NYCAuburn
the issue is, that our "office" is actually a 1/2 residence 1/2 office in a residential neighborhood on the outskirts of the CBD. Our only business class option is from Time Warner, who sucks major fricking arse, they have daily "outages" which is why we're shopping.
regardless on whether or not a T1 is sufficient bandwidth or not for us, what's an average range of price?
regardless on whether or not a T1 is sufficient bandwidth or not for us, what's an average range of price?
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:16 pm to Uncle Stu
For downloads, cable internet these days is *much* faster than T1. For uploads they're probably comparable depending on plan details.
T1 was still a viable option not very many years ago but not really anymore.
T1 was still a viable option not very many years ago but not really anymore.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:41 pm to Uncle Stu
T-1 at 1.544 Mbps will be agonizingly slow when shared by 12 people. You don't say what city you're in but other options may be AT&T U-Verse or DSL service. Both are capable of much higher download speeds although uploads will be much slower. In some cities, particularly in the CBD area, metropolitan ethernet may be available, a fast and easy to implement business-class solution.
This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:50 pm to Uncle Stu
I have no idea how much a T1 would be nowadays because in my experience they aren't implemented much at all.
You're better off keeping Time Warner and finding a backup ISP such as U-verse or DSL as suggested above. Then get a router capable of load balancing or tracking your ISP connection and when it fails, automatically switches over to your backup ISP.
No downtime and much faster and cheaper than a T1 line.
You're better off keeping Time Warner and finding a backup ISP such as U-verse or DSL as suggested above. Then get a router capable of load balancing or tracking your ISP connection and when it fails, automatically switches over to your backup ISP.
No downtime and much faster and cheaper than a T1 line.
This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:58 pm to Uncle Stu
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regardless on whether or not a T1 is sufficient bandwidth or not for us, what's an average range of price?
Here is the best I can do:
The price is going to vary greatly depending on your location. It may even vary quite a bit depending on your specific address. I wouldn't be surprised if it was $250/month, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was $1500/month. A T1 just isn't going to cut it, I'm afraid, and pricing may be pretty linear with speed. Double the speed, double the cost.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 3:25 pm to Korkstand
I would concur, the price varies greatly on location. I have seen as low as $750 to as high as about $2500, due to location. I would look at a Business grade cable connection, unless for some reason you are running your own web services and need the uptime and low Service Level Agreement from the provider.
Pro Tip: ATT sucks whether it is DSL or T-1.
Pro Tip: ATT sucks whether it is DSL or T-1.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 4:07 pm to Uncle Stu
Also, I understand you were asking about T1 specifically and other services aren't available, but I would think there has to be an alternate service such as Uverse or DSL available.
Like I said above, if you can find a 2nd ISP, even at 1.5Mbs, use it as a backup.
Here's a cheap router <$60 with rave reviews on Amazon and Newegg capable of load-balancing or backup for multiple ISPs.
LINK LINK
Like I said above, if you can find a 2nd ISP, even at 1.5Mbs, use it as a backup.
Here's a cheap router <$60 with rave reviews on Amazon and Newegg capable of load-balancing or backup for multiple ISPs.
LINK LINK
Posted on 7/9/14 at 4:16 pm to Uncle Stu
T1 is like dialup nowadays.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 4:26 pm to Uncle Stu
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But I'm no expert, what should I expect to pay?
I would guess you be looking at $450-$600/month.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 2:04 pm to Uncle Stu
In BR I have a 1.5 mb T1 for $379, different location in BR I have a 6 mb T1 for $575.
In Shreveport, I have a business class cable 100mb connection with a static IP for $200.
T1 are more stable with our VoIP phones but our computers are faster on the cable line.
In Shreveport, I have a business class cable 100mb connection with a static IP for $200.
T1 are more stable with our VoIP phones but our computers are faster on the cable line.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 8:54 pm to 4Bears
T1 has turned into a general term. Most of the "T1's" are actually flex circuits that can either be 3, 6 or more Mbps up and down. So it is still a better option than uverse for a business. UVerse totally blows for businesses as they don't allow the simultaneous use of multiple static IPs. Cox fiber is also a synchronous circuit, but really fast. Most buildings with multiple tenants would get a Cox fiber line hooked to a Calix box to distribute the data to multiple users.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 9:15 pm to ColdDuck
He's talking about a business with 12 employees. And they have Time Warner right now that apparently has outages on a daily basis. I doubt they are running an in-house webserver or anything else that would need multiple static IPs to forward in.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 9:38 pm to drizztiger
I agree, just get a standard cable connection, but he mentioned multi tenants. Uverse still blows. I would rather do a flex circuit from ATT for a few more bucks a month.
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