Facts About T1 Line Speed

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The speed of a full T1 line connection is 1.544 Mbps. There are some fractional lines also available. There speed is in the range of 256 kbps to 768 kbps. In case your business is suffering due to slow and undependable connections to the internet, you should opt for T1 line as T1 line speed is very appealing. Not to forget the reliability of T1 line.

T1 line is a dedicated phone connection, which can support digitized voice channel each of which can support 64,000 bits per second or it can transfer data at the rate of 1.544 megabits per second. What else, a normal dial up modem can transmit data at the rate of approximately 30 kilobits (30,000bits) per second where as a T1 line can carry 192, 000 bites per second! So, you may say that a T1 line is 60 times more efficient than a dial up connection.

In case you use T1 line for voice transmission, T1 plugs into your phone system. On the other hand for carrying data, T1 line plugs into network's router.

T1 line speed can vary in accordance to its use and number of users. Though, for small and medium size companies T1 line is ideal one. It can include hundreds of users at a time without affecting its speed for normal business function.

If a large number of users gets simultaneously involved in operation that need a lot of bandwidth, then only, speed of T1 line can be adversely affected. You need to know in this connection that downloading video or music files require a lot of bandwidth.

In the recent past T1 lines have become a popular leased line option for the business that wish to connect to internet.

The chart given below shows T1 line speed and speed of other common line designations:

• T1 - 1.544 megabits per second
• T3 - 43.232 megabits per second
• OC3 - 155 megabits per second
• DS0 - 64 kilobits per second
• ISDN - Two DS0 lines plus signaling 128 kilobits per second