T1 Bandwidth Chart
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A T1 Bandwidth Chart is quite useful tool in comparing T1 service with other services. It is a comparison chart where T1 service is compared with other Broadband services namely DSL, Frame relay and OC (1, 3, 12, 24, 48, 192, and 255). It also includes comparison between T, Fractional T1 and T3 lines.
The main purpose of a T1 Bandwidth chart is the speed comparison between different Broadband services. A Bandwidth Chart has basically three columns for Service name, Speed of the service and pricing information along with short description of the services.
Every item is mentioned with its standard speed and pricing. The most interesting information that you can derive from a bandwidth chart is the price that you will be paying for a service. All the different broadband services are mentioned in a bandwidth chart along with their installation and running costs. The bandwidth column gives a synopsis about the quality.
Another form of T1 Bandwidth chart that is readily available is the T1 bandwidth pricing chart. Bandwidth pricing chart unlike T1 Bandwidth chart shows result only for T1 bandwidth usage. A bandwidth pricing chart usually consists of three columns and many rows. The columns are Gigabyte transfer, monthly cost and additional gigabyte transfer.
Gigabyte Transfer column tells the amount of free bandwidth that he would be getting for the given price. Usually the download also includes the browsed pages. Monthly cost gives the pricing for the one month rent. The most important thing in the T1 Bandwidth pricing chart is the additional Gigabyte column. In case you are finished with your free bandwidth, then the service provider will charge you for each additional Gigabyte you download. The price usually varies from one dollar to eighty five cents.
Interpreting a T1 Bandwidth chart is not much difficult. For those who are not familiar with transfer rate an acronym key is always mentioned at the bottom of chart. The usual entries in the Bandwidth chart are the bits, Bytes, Kilo Bytes, Mega Bytes, and sometimes Tetra bytes.
A bit is the smallest unit of information. It consist of either a zero or a one. A byte is a set of bits. Usually eight bits makes up a byte. Transfer rate is measured in bps, that is, bits per second. The next higher level of information transfer measurement is the Kbps, i.e., Kilo bits per second. Which is equivalent to 1000 bits per second.
The speed of a T1 line in a bandwidth chart is shown with the help of Mbps, i.e., Mega bits per second. The standard speed of a T1 line is 1.544 Mbps. A Fractional T1 also has the same speed but it costs very less than a standard T1 channel.
