| The internet is now common place in both the work | | | | a rate of 1.54 Megabits a second, whereas a high |
| place and homes alike. It is used for communications | | | | speed broadband connection will be at about 700 |
| as well as for finding out information about many | | | | Kilobits per second. |
| things. The speed and reliability of the internet is a | | | | Another advantage of using a T1 connection is that a |
| factor people are always trying to improve upon, a T1 | | | | lot of users can use the internet of one connection |
| line is able to achieve this. | | | | without it slowing down. If more than four or five |
| Normal internet is delivered along a copper cable into a | | | | people use a normal connection the bandwidth is used |
| place of business or home, this cables are connected | | | | up and a bottleneck occurs slowing the data transfer |
| to a server which is generally connected to the rest of | | | | rate. This is avoided on a T1 because of the higher |
| the web via fibre optic cables. The use of copper | | | | bandwidth. |
| cables for the final leg of the journey can slow the | | | | Phone calls can also be carried down a T1, a normal |
| internet down; this is where a faster connection can be | | | | line sends analogue signals down the copper wire and |
| had. | | | | it gets converted to a digital signal by a phone |
| A T1 connection means a fibre optic cable being | | | | company. With a T1 the signal is digitized at the source, |
| brought directly into a building; it massively increases | | | | this means that the quality of the call is far higher and |
| the bandwidth and speed of the internet available in | | | | makes it easier for multiple phone lines to be used at |
| that location. This kind of connection can bring data at | | | | once. |