T1, T3, or Business Class cable? (1 Viewer)

[sublimeone]

My tech guy is trying to convince me to upgrade to a T3/T1 line. I'm not sure if it's necessary or if it will improve performance for us... Here's our situation:

We have a small office, around 15 employees with computers and VOIP phones. We do a lot of web related stuff so we are fairly heavy users, FTP etc... Max use of the phone lines is probably around 8 at any given time.

Right now we have a business class package from Comcast. According to speedtest.net we get the following speeds:

ping: 28 ms

down: 85.36

up: 17.51

The internet is OK, it's not lightening quick, the phones are pretty good... What can we expect if we upgrade to a T3 or T1 line? Will the speed difference be noticeable? Will the VOIP perform better?

TIA

 

[Hawks64]

My tech guy is trying to convince me to upgrade to a T3/T1 line. I'm not sure if it's necessary or if it will improve performance for us... Here's our situation:

We have a small office, around 15 employees with computers and VOIP phones. We do a lot of web related stuff so we are fairly heavy users, FTP etc... Max use of the phone lines is probably around 8 at any given time.

Right now we have a business class package from Comcast. According to speedtest.net we get the following speeds:

ping: 28 ms

down: 85.36

up: 17.51

The internet is OK, it's not lightening quick, the phones are pretty good... What can we expect if we upgrade to a T3 or T1 line? Will the speed difference be noticeable? Will the VOIP perform better?

TIA

T1 = ~1.5 up/down

T3 = ~45 up/down

 

[NCCommish]

My tech guy is trying to convince me to upgrade to a T3/T1 line. I'm not sure if it's necessary or if it will improve performance for us... Here's our situation:

We have a small office, around 15 employees with computers and VOIP phones. We do a lot of web related stuff so we are fairly heavy users, FTP etc... Max use of the phone lines is probably around 8 at any given time.

Right now we have a business class package from Comcast. According to speedtest.net we get the following speeds:

ping: 28 ms

down: 85.36

up: 17.51

The internet is OK, it's not lightening quick, the phones are pretty good... What can we expect if we upgrade to a T3 or T1 line? Will the speed difference be noticeable? Will the VOIP perform better?

TIA

T1 = ~1.5 up/down

T3 = ~45 up/down

Yeah a T1 would be a downgrade. T3 might make phone calls more stable if you have cut out issues with the better upstream bandwidth. T3 ain't cheap last time I checked.

 

[sublimeone]

My tech guy is trying to convince me to upgrade to a T3/T1 line. I'm not sure if it's necessary or if it will improve performance for us... Here's our situation:

We have a small office, around 15 employees with computers and VOIP phones. We do a lot of web related stuff so we are fairly heavy users, FTP etc... Max use of the phone lines is probably around 8 at any given time.

Right now we have a business class package from Comcast. According to speedtest.net we get the following speeds:

ping: 28 ms

down: 85.36

up: 17.51

The internet is OK, it's not lightening quick, the phones are pretty good... What can we expect if we upgrade to a T3 or T1 line? Will the speed difference be noticeable? Will the VOIP perform better?

TIA

T1 = ~1.5 up/down

T3 = ~45 up/down

Is that all there is to it? Does it matter that the T1/T3 are dedicated vs the Comcast package being shared?

 

[Otis]

My tech guy is trying to convince me to upgrade to a T3/T1 line. I'm not sure if it's necessary or if it will improve performance for us... Here's our situation:

We have a small office, around 15 employees with computers and VOIP phones. We do a lot of web related stuff so we are fairly heavy users, FTP etc... Max use of the phone lines is probably around 8 at any given time.

Right now we have a business class package from Comcast. According to speedtest.net we get the following speeds:

ping: 28 ms

down: 85.36

up: 17.51

The internet is OK, it's not lightening quick, the phones are pretty good... What can we expect if we upgrade to a T3 or T1 line? Will the speed difference be noticeable? Will the VOIP perform better?

TIA

Wow. I think my Fios at home is this fast,

 

[Hawks64]

My tech guy is trying to convince me to upgrade to a T3/T1 line. I'm not sure if it's necessary or if it will improve performance for us... Here's our situation:

We have a small office, around 15 employees with computers and VOIP phones. We do a lot of web related stuff so we are fairly heavy users, FTP etc... Max use of the phone lines is probably around 8 at any given time.

Right now we have a business class package from Comcast. According to speedtest.net we get the following speeds:

ping: 28 ms

down: 85.36

up: 17.51

The internet is OK, it's not lightening quick, the phones are pretty good... What can we expect if we upgrade to a T3 or T1 line? Will the speed difference be noticeable? Will the VOIP perform better?

TIA

T1 = ~1.5 up/down

T3 = ~45 up/down

Is that all there is to it? Does it matter that the T1/T3 are dedicated vs the Comcast package being shared?

They are dedicated and significantly more expensive. You could also call Comcast and see what the cost would be to increase your upload speed which may help with the calls.

 

[NCCommish]

My tech guy is trying to convince me to upgrade to a T3/T1 line. I'm not sure if it's necessary or if it will improve performance for us... Here's our situation:

We have a small office, around 15 employees with computers and VOIP phones. We do a lot of web related stuff so we are fairly heavy users, FTP etc... Max use of the phone lines is probably around 8 at any given time.

Right now we have a business class package from Comcast. According to speedtest.net we get the following speeds:

ping: 28 ms

down: 85.36

up: 17.51

The internet is OK, it's not lightening quick, the phones are pretty good... What can we expect if we upgrade to a T3 or T1 line? Will the speed difference be noticeable? Will the VOIP perform better?

TIA

T1 = ~1.5 up/down

T3 = ~45 up/down

Is that all there is to it? Does it matter that the T1/T3 are dedicated vs the Comcast package being shared?

What do you mean shared?

 

[Hawks64]

My tech guy is trying to convince me to upgrade to a T3/T1 line. I'm not sure if it's necessary or if it will improve performance for us... Here's our situation:

We have a small office, around 15 employees with computers and VOIP phones. We do a lot of web related stuff so we are fairly heavy users, FTP etc... Max use of the phone lines is probably around 8 at any given time.

Right now we have a business class package from Comcast. According to speedtest.net we get the following speeds:

ping: 28 ms

down: 85.36

up: 17.51

The internet is OK, it's not lightening quick, the phones are pretty good... What can we expect if we upgrade to a T3 or T1 line? Will the speed difference be noticeable? Will the VOIP perform better?

TIA

Wow. I think my Fios at home is this fast,

My Comcast at home is faster.

 

[Hawks64]

My tech guy is trying to convince me to upgrade to a T3/T1 line. I'm not sure if it's necessary or if it will improve performance for us... Here's our situation:

We have a small office, around 15 employees with computers and VOIP phones. We do a lot of web related stuff so we are fairly heavy users, FTP etc... Max use of the phone lines is probably around 8 at any given time.

Right now we have a business class package from Comcast. According to speedtest.net we get the following speeds:

ping: 28 ms

down: 85.36

up: 17.51

The internet is OK, it's not lightening quick, the phones are pretty good... What can we expect if we upgrade to a T3 or T1 line? Will the speed difference be noticeable? Will the VOIP perform better?

TIA

T1 = ~1.5 up/down

T3 = ~45 up/down

Is that all there is to it? Does it matter that the T1/T3 are dedicated vs the Comcast package being shared?

What do you mean shared?

Cable broadband is "shared" whereas T1/T3 are dedicated until you get to the CO.

 

[sublimeone]

My tech guy is trying to convince me to upgrade to a T3/T1 line. I'm not sure if it's necessary or if it will improve performance for us... Here's our situation:

We have a small office, around 15 employees with computers and VOIP phones. We do a lot of web related stuff so we are fairly heavy users, FTP etc... Max use of the phone lines is probably around 8 at any given time.

Right now we have a business class package from Comcast. According to speedtest.net we get the following speeds:

ping: 28 ms

down: 85.36

up: 17.51

The internet is OK, it's not lightening quick, the phones are pretty good... What can we expect if we upgrade to a T3 or T1 line? Will the speed difference be noticeable? Will the VOIP perform better?

TIA

T1 = ~1.5 up/down

T3 = ~45 up/down

Is that all there is to it? Does it matter that the T1/T3 are dedicated vs the Comcast package being shared?

They are dedicated and significantly more expensive. You could also call Comcast and see what the cost would be to increase your upload speed which may help with the calls.

Why is a dedicated line advantageous?

 

[Hawks64]

My tech guy is trying to convince me to upgrade to a T3/T1 line. I'm not sure if it's necessary or if it will improve performance for us... Here's our situation:

We have a small office, around 15 employees with computers and VOIP phones. We do a lot of web related stuff so we are fairly heavy users, FTP etc... Max use of the phone lines is probably around 8 at any given time.

Right now we have a business class package from Comcast. According to speedtest.net we get the following speeds:

ping: 28 ms

down: 85.36

up: 17.51

The internet is OK, it's not lightening quick, the phones are pretty good... What can we expect if we upgrade to a T3 or T1 line? Will the speed difference be noticeable? Will the VOIP perform better?

TIA

T1 = ~1.5 up/down

T3 = ~45 up/down

Is that all there is to it? Does it matter that the T1/T3 are dedicated vs the Comcast package being shared?

They are dedicated and significantly more expensive. You could also call Comcast and see what the cost would be to increase your upload speed which may help with the calls.

Why is a dedicated line advantageous?

In this instance I don't think it really is, but you are guaranteed the speeds for the service you by.

 

[[icon]]

T1 is slow as #### in today's day and age.

T3 is crazy expensive ($2-4k a month usually) and only wise when you need dedicated or symmetrical bandwidth or certain type of VPN setups I think.

Your salesman is selling for his benefit, not yours.

 

[sublimeone]

thanks fellas

 

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Say you've got 10 calls going.. you're looking at about 1Mbps.. generally speaking. Your phone lines aren't your bottleneck.

 

[Hawks64]

T1 is slow as #### in today's day and age.

T3 is crazy expensive ($2-4k a month usually) and only wise when you need dedicated or symmetrical bandwidth or certain type of VPN setups I think.

Your salesman is selling for his benefit, not yours.

No VPN is going to require a certain type of connection. VPNs care about one thing. Connectivity, doesn't matter what the connectivity is as long as it's there. You may be thinking of MPLS which is a private network (expensive as hell) and can utilize whatever connection types the carrier has DSL through OC-48s (including T1s, T3s, etc) but all must use the same carrier.

 

[Hawks64]

Say you've got 10 calls going.. you're looking at about 1Mbps.. generally speaking. Your phone lines aren't your bottleneck.

No but being Cable it could introduce jitter and latency which is a problem. I doubt it is but it could. T1/3 on any MPLS can afford you the ability to run QOS which significantly helps with voice and video.

 

[NCCommish]

My tech guy is trying to convince me to upgrade to a T3/T1 line. I'm not sure if it's necessary or if it will improve performance for us... Here's our situation:

We have a small office, around 15 employees with computers and VOIP phones. We do a lot of web related stuff so we are fairly heavy users, FTP etc... Max use of the phone lines is probably around 8 at any given time.

Right now we have a business class package from Comcast. According to speedtest.net we get the following speeds:

ping: 28 ms

down: 85.36

up: 17.51

The internet is OK, it's not lightening quick, the phones are pretty good... What can we expect if we upgrade to a T3 or T1 line? Will the speed difference be noticeable? Will the VOIP perform better?

TIA

T1 = ~1.5 up/down

T3 = ~45 up/down

Is that all there is to it? Does it matter that the T1/T3 are dedicated vs the Comcast package being shared?

What do you mean shared?

Cable broadband is "shared" whereas T1/T3 are dedicated until you get to the CO.

Yeah I was just wondering what his tech guy was telling him.

 

[Mr. Ected]

My tech guy is trying to convince me to upgrade to a T3/T1 line. I'm not sure if it's necessary or if it will improve performance for us... Here's our situation:

We have a small office, around 15 employees with computers and VOIP phones. We do a lot of web related stuff so we are fairly heavy users, FTP etc... Max use of the phone lines is probably around 8 at any given time.

Right now we have a business class package from Comcast. According to speedtest.net we get the following speeds:

ping: 28 ms

down: 85.36

up: 17.51

The internet is OK, it's not lightening quick, the phones are pretty good... What can we expect if we upgrade to a T3 or T1 line? Will the speed difference be noticeable? Will the VOIP perform better?

TIA

Wow. I think my Fios at home is this fast,

My Comcast at home is faster.

FiOS at home:

Ping: 14ms

D/L: 85 mbs

U/L: 85 mbs

Love the match for down and upload.

 

[sublimeone]

My tech guy is trying to convince me to upgrade to a T3/T1 line. I'm not sure if it's necessary or if it will improve performance for us... Here's our situation:

We have a small office, around 15 employees with computers and VOIP phones. We do a lot of web related stuff so we are fairly heavy users, FTP etc... Max use of the phone lines is probably around 8 at any given time.

Right now we have a business class package from Comcast. According to speedtest.net we get the following speeds:

ping: 28 ms

down: 85.36

up: 17.51

The internet is OK, it's not lightening quick, the phones are pretty good... What can we expect if we upgrade to a T3 or T1 line? Will the speed difference be noticeable? Will the VOIP perform better?

TIA

T1 = ~1.5 up/down

T3 = ~45 up/down

Is that all there is to it? Does it matter that the T1/T3 are dedicated vs the Comcast package being shared?

What do you mean shared?

Cable broadband is "shared" whereas T1/T3 are dedicated until you get to the CO.

Yeah I was just wondering what his tech guy was telling him.

he was telling me, sure you get those up and down speeds but it's not continuous and it's shared with everyone in the business park so it's not really a true reflection of speed.

 

[sublimeone]

My tech guy is trying to convince me to upgrade to a T3/T1 line. I'm not sure if it's necessary or if it will improve performance for us... Here's our situation:

We have a small office, around 15 employees with computers and VOIP phones. We do a lot of web related stuff so we are fairly heavy users, FTP etc... Max use of the phone lines is probably around 8 at any given time.

Right now we have a business class package from Comcast. According to speedtest.net we get the following speeds:

ping: 28 ms

down: 85.36

up: 17.51

The internet is OK, it's not lightening quick, the phones are pretty good... What can we expect if we upgrade to a T3 or T1 line? Will the speed difference be noticeable? Will the VOIP perform better?

TIA

Wow. I think my Fios at home is this fast,

My Comcast at home is faster.

FiOS at home:

Ping: 14ms

D/L: 85 mbs

U/L: 85 mbs

Love the match for down and upload.

that is awesome. FiOS not averrable in our area