 |  We offer the best High-Speed Internet access rates on DSL, T1, DS1, T3, DS3, Dark Fiber, OC3, VoIP, WiFi, WiMAX, and Broadband line connection service providers, with real-time quotes, a low-price guarantee, and a call from an independent communications consultant - all for FREE! 
|
| |||||||||||
 | |||||||||||
| Welcome to the world's only real-time business DS1 quote tool! Use our free service to perform unbiased price research to find the best service at the best possible price. Once you select a plan that interests you, a member of our sales team will contact you to discuss the details of your quote, confirm pricing, and assist you with the signup process. You can also call our toll free help line at (888) 765-8301 for live assistance. | |||||||||||
|
Are we meeting our goal of becoming the number 1 place to shop for T1 lines in the world?See what our customers have to say about their experience with us: "Selecting a provider was simple because the work was already done for us. We're saving more than we thought we could thanks to ds1ds3.com." Todd Leishman "We found ds1ds3.com via a Web Search in Google while shopping for reliable/competitive T-1 lines. Adam Edwards, a ds1ds3.com consultant, asked me questions without selling anything and then delivered an array of options with pros and cons for each. I've dealt with many types of vendors as a "decision maker" for multiple companies and ds1ds3.com is a model for success. Needless to say we are in the process of converting all of our data lines throughout the country with the help of ds1ds3.com." Todd Kawai "ds1ds3.com provided us with multiple options allowing us to compare quotes and select the best service for our needs. We were also pleased with the post-sales support ds1ds3.com gave us when we needed help getting our rebates and coordinating our provisioning." Joju Sebastian "The nature of our business demands a reliable T1 service. ds1ds3.com helped us find aTier 1 service provider and negotiated a lower price than the vendor would have given to us if we went direct. Sunder Isaac "We found ds1ds3.com to be a very convenient and cost effective way to find new Voice and Data Service. Within 1-2 seconds there were quotes from 5-6 different providers. The ds1ds3.com folks were very helpful in explaining the pros and cons of the different services they were representing." Tony Calisi |
Written by: Patrick Oborn - Aug 8, 2008 If a full T1 isn't in your budget, you need to consider a fractional t1 line. Why not get all the advantages of T1 even if you are not in a market for a full T1? For many people the biggest factors in their decision is reliability and if reliability is critical to the applications you run over your connection you should seriously consider replacing your DSL connection with a fractional T1. DSL is a quick and cost effective method of acquiring high speed bandwidth however it is not intended to support commercial applications or large numbers of users as are T1 connections. One drawback to fractional T1 service is the price. Even though you won't have a full T1 you will be paying quite a bit more than you did for your DSL connection. This is due to the structure of T1 pricing. A T1 connection is established by providing a "loop" or wire from the user’s premises to the CO where the service provider has equipment. Part of the cost of a T1 is the "loop charge" or the monthly rental fee for the wire that is rented from the local phone company. Once the connection reaches the CO it can access the carriers network and reach any destination. This loop is paid in full whether you use a fraction of the available bandwidth or the full 1.5Mbps and therefore your price for a 768Kbps fractional T1 connection will never be half the price of a 1.5mbps full T1 connection. Although the price reduction is not what you might expect it to be, this may put a T1 in your budget and be a great way to get dedicated service into your building. Once you have fractional service upgrading to full service is easy. Fractional service typically comes in 256Kbps increments from 256Kbps all the way to a full T1 at 1.5Mbps. Find the service that's right for you, but if you are supporting critical services think reliability. Reliability becomes critical when customers or employees depend on your connection for immediate responses. If your customers use your connection to access your databases or your server or the internet then reliability of your connection is critical. If your employees depend on your connections because you host the e-mail server in house or host web servers or ASP type products, your connections is considered critical. A critical connection can be viewed much like a lifeline, without which your business would be negatively impacted. |
The Secrets of Fractional T1