T1 internet vs Cable internet question(s)

[yg17]

Maybe they have a hybrid configuration that they call T2.

Must be. There's no such thing as a T2

 

[Love]

I'd stay with cable. I love my Shaw cable, it's simply terrific.

 

[sushi]

Seems like Internet access is getting faster all the time.

The best that I can get where I live is 100Mbps. Decided to settle for 50Mbps at about 1/3 the price.

 

[r.j.s]

Must be. There's no such thing as a T2

Yes, there is. 6.312 Mbps is a T2. It's 4 T1 lines.

 

[sushi]

Yes, there is. 6.312 Mbps is a T2. It's 4 T1 lines.

Cool.

Would you provide a reference? TIA.

 

[r.j.s]

Cool.

Would you provide a reference? TIA.

I edited it to provide one.

 

[sushi]

I edited it to provide one.

Interesting. Thanks.

Do you know of any company that provides T2 lines?

 

[r.j.s]

Do you know of any company that provides T2 lines?

No, I don't.

 

[jb60606]

Hi,

I had a salesperson in my office yesterday trying to get us to switch to his phone and internet services.

My concern is on the internet side. He said his T1 connection for us would be a 'clean' and solid performing 1.5m download and upload.

With him standing right next to me, I did a speed test for my cable internet connection and it was 8.7m down and .87m up.

He admitted that that 8.7m down was 'lightning fast'.

He isn't trying to convince me that his 1.5m T1 will necessarily be 'faster', but he was trying to assure me that I possibly wouldn't be dissatisfied with his T1 when comparing to my 8.7m down I currently receive.

Any thoughts or comments are appreciated!

Thanks!

Jeff

T1 is just business class broadband. What you lose in speed, you gain in reliability or at least the promise of. With the T1 and similar dedicated circuits, you'll typically get stuff like static IPs, domain/web-hosting privileges, fewer hops between you and the internet backbone and a SLA/QOS (service level agreement) for a certain speed (usually, in the range of 1.2+ Mbps for a T1), no downtime guarantees and tier 1 support. That's why it costs 3-6x more than personal broadband.

honestly, it's probably cheaper to have simultaneous personal broadband access from two providers (say, 1x cable and 1x DSL - for example), and just use the secondary when the primary goes down. Not necessarily smarter though.

 

[yg17]

Then a T2 must be one of those in theory only things, because the only real world T carriers out there are T1 and T3