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Business VoIP Service

Businesses are saving up to 80% on their monthly phone bills by switching to Business VoIP phone service. Learn how your business can benefit from VoIP and receive FREE, no obligation, Business VoIP quotes by completing the short form below. Should take only 1 minute or so to complete.

What is Broadband Internet Service and Why Use It?

For the people who are new to broadband internet service you may be wondering what Broadband is. Well, the term Broadband is used to describe any kind of high speed internet access service. There are many reasons why Broadband internet service is a must over your dial up modem. Follow this What is Broadband Service and Why Use It link to read our introductory guide to Broadband Internet Service and all of its advantages. To summarize our guide here, the main advantages of Broadband over dial-up modem service are Speed, an always-on connection, it does not tie up your phone line, you can connect more than 1 computer, and the vast array of applications that become available to you.

Another great advantage of having a Broadband internet service is that it is the only requirement for using VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), also known as Broadband Phone Service. VoIP is taking the US by storm and can save up to $500/year on your phone bill. VoIP can be used to replace your traditional phone line. VoIP broadband phone service uses your high speed internet access to 'carry' your voice call instead of your dedicated phone line like your normal telephone service. For more information take a look at our VoIP section, or try out the whichvoip.com FREE VoIP Search Bar below.

 

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There are three (3) main types of Broadband internet access technologies that are commonly available to both residential and business users: DSL Service, Cable Internet Service and Satellite Internet Service. Follow this DSL Service link to read our introductory guide to DSL Service, how it works and its advantages and disadvantages. Follow our Cable Internet link to read our introductory guide to Cable Internet service, how it works and its advantages and disadvantages. Follow our Satellite Internet Service link to read our introductory guide to Satellite Internet service, how it works and its advantages and disadvantages.

Alternatively, see below for a brief introduction into the three of these technologies.

 

DSL High Speed Internet Service Explained

DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line. DSL service is a technology for bringing high-bandwidth broadband internet service to homes and small businesses over ordinary copper telephone lines. What does this mean? It means that you can get high speed internet access over your traditional phone line. DSL service is known as an "always-on" internet service. This means that when your computer is on you are always connected to the internet. Unlike dial-up service there is no logging on with user name and passwords required. With DSL service all you need to do is plug your PC into your DSL modem and then from your modem to your normal telephone jack, as illustrated in the general set-up diagram below. Typically, the DSL modem is provided by your DSL Service Internet Provider.

 

A typical DSL Service Set-up diagram

 

For more information on DSL Service, what it is, how it works, various configuration set-up diagrams and its main advantages and disadvantages, please read our introductory guide to What is DSL Service.

 

Internet Without Phone Line - Cable Broadband Internet Service Explained

Internet Without Phone Line  - Cable Internet Service is a technology for bringing high-bandwidth broadband internet service to homes and small businesses over your Cable TV line. What does this mean? It means that you can get high speed internet access over your existing Cable TV connection. Cable is known as an "always-on" internet service. This means that when your computer is on you are always connected to the internet. Unlike dial-up service there is no logging on with user name and passwords required. With Cable internet service all you need to do is plug your PC into your Cable modem and your Cable modem into your normal Cable television outlet on the wall. Typically, the Cable modem is provided by your Broadband Internet Provider.

 

 

For more information on Cable Internet Service, what it is, how it works, configuration set-up diagrams, and its main advantages and disadvantages, please read our introductory guide to What is Cable Internet Service.

 

Satellite High Speed Internet Service Explained

Satellite high speed internet service is a technology for bringing high-bandwidth broadband internet service to homes and small businesses via satellite link, between your satellite dish and an orbiting satellite. Satellite internet service is known as an "always-on" internet service. This means that when your computer is on you are always connected to the internet. Unlike dial-up service there is no logging on with user name and passwords required. With satellite internet service your provider will install a satellite dish at a preferred location at your home. The only requirement is that you have a clear view of the southern sky. Once installed and set up all you need to do is plug your PC into your satellite internet modem and your off and running.

 

For more information on Satellite Internet Service, what it is, how it works, and its main advantages and disadvantages, please read our introductory guide to What is Satellite High Speed Internet Service.

 

What Broadband Internet do I Choose?

Once you decide to go ahead and get Broadband service you may be asking yourself what broadband technology should I choose, DSL Service, Cable Internet service, or Satellite Internet Service and what internet provider should I go with? These are common questions to ask and we suggest the following approach:

 

 

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Follow this 'Broadband Speed and VoIP Capability Test' link to test the download internet speed and the upload internet speed of your broadband internet service connection, as well as your internet connection's VoIP Phone Service capability. This broadband speed test will accurately judge your current internet speed and measure your internet connections jitter and packet loss data to show how successfully your internet connection can support VoIP Phone Service.

 

Business Internet Services Explained

High speed Internet service for businesses come in many different flavors in terms of the physical interface used to transport the data, the data speed available to you and of course the cost. The following sections provide a summary of some of the Business Internet Service access types available, other than DSL, Cable or Satallite, explained above.

 

If you are not sure what is best for you simply request a quote using the form on this page and we will find the best service provider(s) based on your particular requirements and location.

 

T1 Internet Service

The T1 Internet connection is the most commonly used high speed digital transmission line for Small to Medium-sized Businesses (SMB) in the United States and are also often referred to as DS1 lines. The bandwidth of a T1 line is 1.544Mbps in each direction. In other words you will get this full dedicated high speed bandwidth in both your uplink and downlink directions. This is significantly higher than DSL or Cable for uplink communication. It is for this reason that it is often used for high speed Data and VoIP traffic. VoIP traffic typically needs around 90Kbps per voice call due to the voice codec so it is easy to see that this can be an area of concern for SMBs considering DSL or cable - it limits the amount of simultaneous calls they can make. In Europe the equivalent transmission media is known as an E1 line. This is very similar to T1 except it can run at 2.048Mbps.

 

One reason many SMBs choose a T1 trunk is that they are usually leased from large Telecomm companies and built into the Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a well defined Quality of Service (QoS) guaranteeing that minimal downtime will occur during the lease of the T1 line. However, as you would expect, a premium is paid for this type of high speed data service.

 

There are many other forms of T1 service that you may come across. A fractional T1 line is, as you would expect, a fraction of a full T1 line. A T1 cable can be thought of as 24 unique timeslots so when you lease a full T1 line, you have the ability to use all 24 timeslots (also referred to as DS0). A fractional T1 gives you access to a specific number of DS0s. The most common rates are 256Kbps and 384Kbps. Obviously you pay a fraction of the cost of a full T1 service. Yes the speed may be less than DSL or Cable but the QoS is in place. Frame Relay T1 is another form of T1 service and uses a packet switched protocol to transfer data across Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN). Instead of being allocated a fixed amount of bandwidth, Frame-Relay services offer a CIR (Committed Information Rate) at which data is transmitted, in other words an absolute minimum connection speed. Point-to-point T1 connection offers the best QoS for transmission over a T1 line. The SLA guarantees maximum throughput at all times and is typically leased by companies who transfer a lot of private files or for corporate Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and WANs.

 

One final point to note for T1 bandwidth. If you need additional bandwidth simply add more T1 leased lines. Likewise if you decide to add VoIP simply add another T1 line and all of your packetized voice traffic can be delivered over this additional T1 line.

 

T3 Internet Service

A T3 line is equivalent to 28 T1 lines (see above) at a speed of 45Mbps, and is often referred to as DS3. Typically you would see large businesses, universities and web hosting companies lease a T3 line due to the large amount of users requiring access to the internet and Wide Area Networks (WAN). The physical medium for a T3 line tends to be fiber-optic cable. Note that T3 lines are such high speed that it is feasible to pass full screen, full motion video over this interface.

 

Similar to the T1 connection, a T3 line can also be sub-divided and is known as fractional T3. Basically one would lease a fraction of the 45Mbps bandwidth available with a T3 line, obviously at a lower cost.

 

OC-3 / OC-12 / OC-48

Optical Carrier level 1 (OC-1) is the designation for a Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) with transmission rates of 51.84 Mbps, using fiber optics as the transmission medium. However the most typical SONET rates found in optical networks today are OC-3 (155Mbps), OC-12 (622Mbps) and OC-48 (2.5Gbps). OC-48 will often be used as the long-haul backbone for high speed internet traffic containing everything from regular data and VoIP to streaming video.

 

Ethernet

Ethernet (IEEE Standard 802.3) tends to be the protocol of choice for LANs inside a business, using twisted pair cables to connect computers in a workplace to the local network and to the internet. These interfaces usually run at either 10Mbps or 100Mbps (referred to as Fast Ethernet).

 

However fairly recently there has been a push for what is referred to as Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN) which provides carrier-class Ethernet between a business and the Internet Service Provider (ISP) over Ethernet. The interface speed for such interfaces is usually one Gigabit (1000Mbps) hence the term Gigabit Ethernet. A point of demarcation is required between the ISP and end user in order to provide end-to-end Service Level Agreements (SLA). This broadband high speed data connection is becoming very popular for businesses in metropolitan areas.