Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
The death of the t1
Everyone wants more bandwidth. Why? because the cloud is getting bigger and bigger. For a long time the most reliable way to get to the internet has been through overpriced T1's. They deliver 1.544 Meg abits Per second (Mbps) of download and upload speed. By comparison a not as reliable cable connection can deliver approximately 100 Mega Bits Per Second (Mbps) of download speed and 20 Mbps of upload speed. That's right 100 times faster download and 20 times faster upload. So....why stay with T1? well its been about stability. See the T1 providers offer what is called a Service level Agreement or (SLA). That means they guarantee up time and response time. The cable companies product was way less expensive for way more bandwidth so they did not feel they had to offer the SLA. Many businesses have switched to cable internet and it has worked well. However, there are also businesses where their connection to the internet is the most critical connection so they can't live with the undefined response time of the cable companies.
2 things have happened to change the options. 1 the cable companies have started offering a serious business level product which includes and SLA. 2 there is a new product that rides a similar infrastructure and has the same reliability as T1 but it offers much higher levels of bandwidth. Its called Ethernet over Copper or some just call it Ethernet. I'm happy to see the Telco's rolling out this product to the business community in Minneapolis. For my customers in the financial and manufacturing sector who are heavily reliant on their connections they have cost effective high bandwidth options that also are highly reliable.
Good by T1.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
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