Answers to the top five frequently asked question people ask about internet connectivity for their business or company. There are many options and with those options come many pros and cons. In this presentation we go through them all explaining the specifications and what they mean for your business.

1. Connectivity
For Your Business
Frequently Asked
Questions

2. There are three Common Options
D
T
C
DSL
T1
Cable
DSL is part of a family of
technologies provided with
twisted wires – the same
wires used for traditional
phone service.
T1 like DSL is also provided
with twisted wires.
However, it is a direct and
dedicated line with many
additional options
Cable broadband is
provided by your local cable
TV company on the same
type of coax cable that is
used for cable TV services.

3. The Big 3 Questions
Stability
Uptime
Downtime
Speed
Download
Upload
Cost
Price
Benefit

4. Two More Questions You Should Be Thinking About
3G and 4G
Satellite
Ethernet
Fiber Optic
What other services
are suitable for
business?
What service is best
for Voice Over IP
(VOIP)?

5. What is the Difference in
Stability?
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6. Stability
C Cable
Despite the impressive speed, cable is the least stable
service. This is because of it’s shared connection.
To compensate for this, a good cable provider
generally runs at speeds faster than advertised.

7. D DSL
DSL is slightly more stable than cable and less stable
than T1. The draw back however is its availability.
In some locations the
signal is strong and of
good value.
In some locations
the signal is too
weak to be usable.
D
A signal may be
provided, though
much slower than
advertised.
The signal is affected by
the distance from the
source and the condition
of the wires leading to
your building.

8. T T1
T1 wins at stability. As a direct service, your neighbors
have no affect over your bandwidth. The cost to speed
is hard to justify but if stability is mission critical you
can’t beat it.
Fact, if there is a major outage, whatever the cause,
carriers are actually required by law to fix T1 service
before they can work on other services like DSL.

9. What is the Difference in
Speed?
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10. Looking at the Numbers
For speed we use two numbers.
T1
Upload Speed
Measured in Mbps
DSL
Download Speed
These two measurements work
together to form the total estimated
number of users.
Cable
Broadband
0
1
2
3
Upload
4
5
6
Download
7
8

11. C Cable
Ranges from 7 Mbps by 768 Kbps to 100 Mbps
by 10Mbps and can support, on average, 20 to 50
users for a midsized company.
This figure varies during peak
hours and will usually run faster
(occasionally slower).
Cable
Broadband
0
1
2
3
Upload
4
5
Download
6
7
8

12. D DSL
Can get up to 1.5 Mbps by 384 Kbps, 3 Mbps by
512 Kbps, or 6Mbps by 768 Kbps and can support,
on average, 15 to 20 users for midsized company.
If out of the optimal rage or if your local provider is
still using old lines this can decrease significantly,
sometimes to unusable numbers.
DSL
0
0.5
Upload
1
1.5
Download
2

13. T SingleT1
A single T1 is 1.5 Mbps by 1.5 Mbps and can support
up to 50 to 100 users with guaranteed speed.
T1's also have the ability to equally distribute
bandwidth over the multiple channels on a T1 to
ensure the quality of the Internet access.
T1
0
0.5
Upload
1
Download
1.5
2

14. T BondedT1
You can get more by bonding the T1's - up to 12 Mbps
by 12 Mbps supporting up to 500 users.
Bundled T1
0
2
4
6
Upload
8
Download
10
12
14

15. What is the Difference in
Cost?
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16. C Cable
Cable Broadband is a great general value. It offers
some pretty impressive speeds to qualified
locations at a very affordable price.
From $60 per month

17. C Cable
For small businesses this is a great option because
you get so much speed for far less than T1.
The instability is worth the low price because an hour
or two of slow speeds wont have a costly impact.

18. D DSL
DSL is the cheapest option. Note, some providers
require that you also get phone service so make sure
that this is either included in the price or not required
when deciding.
From $45 per month

19. D DSL
For many locations the DSL offered is slow to unusable.
This usually isn’t an option for most businesses.
However, it might be worth looking into. If you are in an area
where the signal is strong and you don’t think that the stability of
T1 is crucial for you business, than DSL can be a great bargain.

20. T T1
This is by far the most expensive solution. For a
company that even an hour of downtime is
unacceptable, it is sometimes the only solution.
There are ways to offset the cost and increase the
speed for large companies so it remains a viable option
for some.
From $300 per month

21. T T1
New faster cheaper options are becoming available
for direct service. However companies that need to
setup now are still choosing T1.
A good alternative if
available is fiber optic cable
which we will look at in the
next question.

22. What are other Options are
Suitable for Business?
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23. Other Options
Although DSL, cable, and T1 Internet service are the most
common ways to connect to the internet they're most certainly
not the only options available.
Ethernet
Satellite
Fiber Optic
Fixed Wireless
3G and 4G

24. Fiber Optic
Verizon FiOS, a Fiber Optic connection with speeds reaching 300
Mbps by 65 Mbps, is one of the best options today for medium to
small businesses. Unfortunately it is not available everywhere.
The cost ranges within hundreds of dollars for 300 Mbps by 65
Mbps as opposed to thousands for a traditional, 300 Mbps by
300 Mbps fiber optic connection

25. Fiber Optic
For businesses that are located in AT&T territories that
can't get Verizon services AT&T's U-verse, with a
maximum speed of 24 Mbps by 3 Mbps, is a decent
alternative per cost.

26. What Option is Best For
Voice Over IP?
(Or VOIP)
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27. Not all are the same
If you're planning to use Voice
Over IP or VOIP not all types of
connections are suitable.

28. C Cable
Cable systems, although they support VIOP, are
generally not tuned for it. The instability can cause
issues with dropping out parts of the call and adding
digital noise.
Some providers can deliver quality service. If you want
to use VIOP with cable, choose the right provider.

29. D DSL
If you can get good service for your location, DSL can
work well.
Due to limited upload speeds a small business will usually have
one dedicated DSL for VoIP traffic and one dedicated DSL for
standard internet traffic.

30. T T1
T1 is the best option as the upload speeds are the
same as the download speeds and the connection is
extremely stable and optimized for this use.
For companies with a lot of phone lines using VOIP
with a T1 connection helps to offset the higher cost.

31. With so many decisions it helps to have
guidance from an expert.
For a free in depth audit and consultation
of your business’s needs, or for more
general information, please contact us.
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32. In this presentation we covered
the five most frequently asked
questions regarding the
available options for delivering
Internet Connectivity to your
business.
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