| Having a home telephone service is now more | | | | when using a regular analog line. The DS1 line is very |
| common than ever before. When a phone line is run to | | | | reliable when used in a medium to large sized office |
| your house from the telephone company, they are | | | | setting. |
| providing you with a great service and we can | | | | It will take a lot for a T-1 line to get bogged down. If a |
| understand what they are telling us about it. Now, | | | | company is using it for their telephone needs or even |
| when they begin talking about a DS1 or T1 line, we | | | | their data transfer needs it would take a lot of traffic |
| tend to get a little lost. | | | | to make the line malfunction. For example, if everyone |
| When a regular phone line is hooked up to your house, | | | | in the office decided that they wanted to download |
| it is usually brought in using copper wires. Your voice | | | | picture files or put music on their MP3's at the exact |
| will be transferred through a signal called an analog | | | | same time, this may cause the T1 line to act slower. |
| signal. The analog signals work well for a home phone | | | | For basic internet browsing uses in the office this line |
| because there are usually not more than a couple lines | | | | would be perfect. Many hundreds of people could use |
| being used at a time and only a couple people using | | | | the T1 line if they are performing regular office tasks |
| the services. | | | | such as making and taking phone calls or just surfing |
| When you start thinking about an office setting, their | | | | the internet. These types of daily tasks should not |
| needs for service are much more demanding. There | | | | cause any slow down with the DS1 Line. |
| are multiple people using the internet as well as the | | | | There is a cost involved with the use of the T1 line. |
| phone lines. A normal analog phone line would not put | | | | Somewhere between three hundred to one thousand |
| up the type of service that a company will need. That | | | | dollars is a fair estimate for a monthly fee for the |
| is why they turn to a provider of a T1 line. | | | | service. This fee includes fees for the provider of the |
| A DS1 line allows voice data to travel a lot quicker | | | | T1 line as well as for the ISP's that will be providing the |
| than a regular analog line by using a fiber optic system. | | | | web server for the line. |
| The DS1 line is plugged into an office phone system | | | | If an extremely large company was looking to install a |
| when it is being used to transmit voice conversations. If | | | | DS1 line, it might be suggested that they purchase |
| the company wants the service to transfer electronic | | | | services of a larger type line. While the T1 line is great |
| data, it will be plugged into a company's modem. | | | | for a small or average sized office, the needs of a |
| So how much faster is the T-1 line in comparison to | | | | much larger company may not be able to be met with |
| the regular analog phone line? It is about sixty times | | | | the T1 line. |
| faster. The data will be transferred much quicker than | | | | |