Is Ethernet the new Telecom Backbone Circuit?

Growing up as Telco Dog for 20+ years, OK maybe even becoming an old Telco Dog, T1's or DS1's have been the Telecom backbone for as long as I can remember. T1's are used to connected PSTN (public switched telephone network) switches together, T1 Circuits connect PBX's and key systems to the PSTN network, T1's are the primary means of transporting most Internet circuits across the globe. Granted there are OC3's OC12's and many other faster bigger pipelines that carry data communications around the globe, but all those circuits use T1's as the building blocks for those faster circuits. An OC3 backbone carrier circuit is really 84 1.544mb T1's packaged together. We're finally seeing a new kid emerge on the block and that's Ethernet business service. The telco world is starting to embrace Internet Protocol connectionless architecture, where instead of massing together groups of 24 64kb voice circuits to make a T1 Circuit and them massing together those T1's into bigger pipes, Ethernet service is true bandwidth and is available by what the customer needs for their business. Ethernet allows the business to directly plug-in to the Internet Cloud reducing equipment required which dramatically reduces cost per Meg or Gig of bandwidth. Naturally Ethernet for business is a new product and just like early T1's, are only available in limited areas. T1's today are available everywhere, and eventually Ethernet Business service will be too. To see if Ethernet Service is available at your location check out ShorForEthernet.Com

T1 Pricing for your Business

There are so many small businesses operating today on DSL, which is OK if for a small office or work at home situation. DSL and cable internet are both great, extremely cost effective solutions when price is the most important consideration. However when your business grows out of a home office to where you depend on internet and phone service to make money and when your DSL or cable internet goes out you're losing money, then it's time to upgrade to a reliable robust T1 or DS1 circuit for you office. T1 Pricing continues to drop as competition increases among telecom carriers. $300 to $400 a month sounds like a lot to many people, but what most need to consider is that T1 line will also provide your phone service. If you have 5-6 business telephone lines and internet service, frequently you can save money by bundling your telephone lines and internet service on the T1 Line. When you consider T1 lines are ultra-reliable and monitored 24x7 for performance, T1 Pricing becomes a great value for the expanding business.

How Much Bandwidth is Enough?

We're well into the 21st century, we've become an information society. I can't believe the information that is literally at my finger tips at any time of the day or night. One of my passions is motorcycles. I'm starting a project to add a fairing to my Valkyrie motorcycle. I found an old piece of junk Batwing Harley fairing at a swap meet for a couple bucks and picked it up. In the old days, I would have had a very difficult time finding the other parts to mount it to my bike by using shoe leather and the telephone. Truth be told, I probably wouldn't be successful unless I got really lucky and found someone friendly and very knowledgeable to help. Today it took me less than 20 minutes to research that it was 70's era FLH Shovelhead fairing along with a parts breakdown of the mounting brackets required to mount it. Then a quick check of ebay revealed the project could be done. Wow! I have a 5 megabyte Verizon FiOS link to my house. T1 Pricing continues to drop every month where you get an ultra-reliable 1.5 megabyte guaranteed up and down stream broadband link that's monitored 24 hours a day. The next jump for commercial broadband service is direct Ethernet connections of 10 to 30 Gigabyte data rates at very competitive rates with T1 Reliability. As more and more applications use the worldwide data network, DSL Availability residential Internet services data rates of 50 Megabytes will become common in the next couple years. Can't wait to see the applications that be common for children! More news and information at SharpTelco.Com

Ethernet Service for Business

The telecommunication companies are making a giant strides for busineses that need large amounts of bandwidth at a resonable price. Instead of the traditional T1, DS1 or even DS3 Service carriers are starting to provide (up to) 10GB Ethernet Service directly to the business. The catch is the business needs to be located close to the carriers existing fiber backbone. Those clever engineers at Shop for T1 have come up with a new service to allow business customers to search for Ethernet Service and Pricing by their location to see if 10GB Ethernet service is a viable option. Shop for Ethernet

Telecommunications Future?

Where is the Public Telecommunication Network going in the next 5-years, 10-years? I started to say, the sky's the limit; but as I'm typing I realize that is probably not true. We already have access to Hubble Telescope images on our computers! We see amazing new services everyday being made available to anyone with a broadband connection. I was looking at an aquarium on ebay and found I could configure a text message to my cell phone to remind me to check before the bidding ended. I've read some article that 40-50 Mb services are not uncommon to homes in certain parts of Asia. It just keeps going and going.

I made a giant step this year and am only keeping one yellow pages book. In our area, we get 5 to 7 different books from different publishers all covering slightly different areas and having different advertisers. I used to dutifully stack them up, in case I needed to find something. I've done this for the past two years and never used them at all. Everything I've needed I've found faster and easier using the internet. This year as they landed on the front porch, they went straight to the recycle bin - except one... I'm having a hard time letting go of that last one - maybe next year!

Telco Resources

There are many resources available for Dedicated T1 Pricing available on the internet. There are also many other Telecom related resources and information available to help educate the consumer to find the best value for the telecommunications budget.

Here are several of my favorite blogs for T1, DSL Availability and VoIP Information.

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