| There are two particular costs of fractional providers | | | | provider remains the same. |
| included in your T1. These are the "local loop" and the | | | | The time spent both for maintaining and installing for |
| "port". It is given by the local phone company while the | | | | fractional and full T1 ports are the same. The cost for |
| "port" connects the internet (PSTN for T1 with phone | | | | the port has two proponents- bandwidth charges and |
| services) to the local loop is handled by the T1 | | | | the equipment. Also the local loop equipments is the |
| providers. | | | | same with the port which gives no cost saving for the |
| There is no cost difference in the local loop whether it | | | | materials. |
| is fractional or full since the local loop will be always | | | | Lastly, almost all of the money spent for T1 is for the |
| set to 1.54 (Mbps) by the phone company. This is | | | | installation, daily maintenance, billing, ongoing support and |
| because there are the same quantity of materials | | | | the expenses for the local phone company. Bandwidth |
| such as copper wires installed in fractional and full DS1 | | | | charges shoots up to 10% for the total cost. |
| lines. | | | | The costs for T1 providers' offer for full and fractional |
| Every T1 users are considered "full" users whether or | | | | excluding the bandwidth charges are almost identical. |
| not they are full or fractional. As a result, the | | | | There are also some discounts possible for fractional |
| customers are unable to gain and cost cutting since | | | | DS1 providers to give since there is only a little |
| the charges given by the phone company with your T1 | | | | difference from providing fractional and full services. |