Keep Up With Your Business Demands By Upgrading Internet Service
If your business T1 broadband service no longer has enough speed to meet your bandwidth needs for video or data transfer, you may be considering a move up to DS3 or T3 service. You should first understand the differences between certain internet services. You certainly wouldnt buy a care without knowing its capabilities and shortcomings. So, what is the difference between DS3 and T3?
T3 is the "big daddy" of the T-carrier system. T3 is copper wire based, although using coaxial cable rather than pairs of phone wires to support the higher speed. If all you require is 2 or 3 times the speed of a T1 line, then you are better off with multiple T1 lines or connecting them together in what is called bonded T1 service. Once you get past 6 or 8 T1 lines, the price of a T3 line is often competitive. Remember, with T3 you get the equivalent of 28 T1 lines, which is a lot more capability.
DS3 Bandwidth generally makes sense for corporations that have a need for high speed electronic data transfer between plant sites or offices. Very large call centers, enterprise wide VoIP and IP PBX systems, Internet service providers, universities, research labs, video conference centers and software development companies are also good candidates for T3 lines with DS3 level service.
DS3 transport may be a cost effective substitute for point to point microwave for MPEG Broadcast Video Transmission. It is also applicable for Surveillance Cameras, CCTV Systems, and VLAN Trunks. If a full DS3 line is more bandwidth than you really need, it is also possible to get Fractional DS3, which gives you a portion of full DS3 bandwidth at a lower cost. Of course, DS3 is also available in multiples to increase bandwidth, similar to bonded T1 service.
The most common use of T3 lines can be found in call centers and contact centers where it is used for providing uninterrupted access to its customers via multiple channels such as voice calls, e-mail, live chat, internet telephony, voice over internet protocol (VoIP), and internet fax. These lines have helped government agencies in effectively dealing with emergency situations such as floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes by distributing the required information to those in need.
T3 lines can be used for a wide variety of applications such as T3 point-to-point, T3 Internet, T3 frame relay, T3 voice, and T3 virtual private networks (VPN). The cost of using T3 lines varies depending on the carrier, location of service, and the application for which it is being used.
Increased Internet traffic has forced Internet service providers to develop new broadband technologies that provide even higher speeds of data transfer and uninterrupted Internet connectivity. New broadband technologies such as SONET (51.8 mbps) and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM- 155 to 622 mbps) are already in the market but are very expensive and have a limited market as compared to T3 lines.
