| Circuit Type |
Speed
|
Description
|
Application
|
Typical Price
|
| Fractional
T-1 |
128 Kbps - 1.544
Mbps
|
Same service as a full
T-1 provisioned in increments of 64 Kbps. A full T-1 is 1.544
Mbps or 24 channels, Fractional T-1s start at 128 Kbps or 2
channels.
|
Used to connect a
company to the Internet when less than a full T-1 is required.
Circuit runs from the location into the
Internet.
|
Starts at approx.
$400/month. Required router is additional.
|
| T-1 |
1.544
Mbps
|
A 24 channel cirucit
that can be used for Frame Realy, Private Line, VPN or, most
commonly, Internet access.
|
Connects a company's
LAN into the Internet or carrier's Frame Realy
network.
|
Approx.
$900-$1,200/month. Required router is
additional.
|
| Fractional
T-3 |
3 Mbps - 44.736
Mbps
|
A fraction of a full
DS-3, which is comprised of 28 T-1s or 672
channels.
|
Provides access from
a location into the Internet for a large business or ISP
(Internet Service Provider).
|
Starts at
$3,000/month not including the local loop.
|
| T-3 |
44.736
Mbps
|
A dedicated connection
made up of the equivalent of 28 T-1s.
|
Provides access from a
location into the Internet for a large business or ISP
(Internet Service Provider).
|
Starts at $10,000/month
for the 45 Mbps. Local loops range from $2,000 -
$4,000/month.
|
| OC-3 |
155.52
Mbps
|
Optical carrier (fiber)
connected by equipment capable of speeds up to 155.52
Mbps.
|
Large enterprise or ISP
backbone.
|
Tens of thousands of
dollars a month, not including local loop or extensive
setup..
|
| OC-12 |
622.08
Mbps
|
Optical carrier
(fiber) connected by equipment capable of speeds up to 155.52
Mbps.
|
Large enterprise or
ISP backbone.
|
Several hundred
thousand dollars a month, plus several hundred thousand
dollars in setup costs.
|
| OC-48 |
2.488 Gbps (Gigabytes
per second)
|
Optical carrier
(multiple strands of fiber) connected by equipment capable of
speeds up to 2.488 Mbps.
|
Large enterprise or ISP
backbone.
|
Several hundred thousand
dollars a month, plus several hundred thousand dollars in
setup costs.
|
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