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T1 Internet Service Do's and Dont's

Written by: Patrick Oborn - Jan 6, 2009


While Dave Letterman may never read this list on his show, we've created a Top 10 list of California T1 Internet Providers. In our review of service providers we considered reliability, customer support, provisioning and financial stability. In our opinion a top provider of services will have a high rating in each of the categories. Unfortunately some of the providers we found were regional providers and may not be near you but two of them are so good you may just want to move closer to be on their network!

The top company in our survey was Telepacific. The only downside to this company is the fact that they only offer service in California and Las Vegas. Telepacific received top marks in all four or our categories and is what we recommend most to customers in California. The second carrier in our list was USLEC. Like our fist pick USLEC is a regional player offering services in the south and on the eastern seaboard. USLEC was founded and is run by engineers. These people have a passion for getting it right and keeping their customers happy. Number three on our list is New Edge Networks. New Edge is a national player found predominantly in metro areas. New Edge is large enough to be a strong player but still small enough to treat customers like a small company.

Our number four position goes to Netifice, formerly Epoch. Again, a small Tier 1 player but excellent service nationwide. Number five position goes to ACC Business. Available everywhere in the continental US, ACC used the ATT network exclusively and provides a high level of service. Positions six through ten when in the following order: Telarus, Sprint, Xspedius, PNG, and Megapath. When looking for a reliable provider you should be comfortable with any of these. Make sure you speak to your broker about the strengths and weaknesses of each carrier. While our rankings were based evenly on the four criteria mentioned at the beginning of the article you may decide that some criteria are more important to you than others. Good luck in your search.


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Services Offered by the Telecom Broker Network

Internet T1:
A T1 local access connection to the Internet that can be configured to carry either 24 digitized data channels or one aggregated concatenated data channel at a rate of 1.544 Megabits Per Second (Mbps) that is connected via a T1 Wan Interface Card (WIC), Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit (CSU/DSU), and Internet router.





DIRECTV Service:
DIRECTV, sometimes spelled incorrectly as DIRECT TV or DIRECTTV, allows you to surf a large number of channels with ease. The receivers provided by DIRECTV include program guides that you can access through your television set to find the channels that you want to watch very easily. Through this on-screen guide, a list of favorite channels can be set up which will facilitate easier surfing through the large number of channels available to DIRECTV customers. You may alos choose to use channel neighborhoods to easily locate the type of programming that is of interest to you. The channel neighborhoods include the following groupings:

- Entertainment and Arts 200-340
- Pay Per View Movies and Events 100-199
- Premium Movies 500-550
- DIRECTV PARA TODOS Channels 400-425
- News and Information 350-399
- Music 800-851
- Premium Sports 600-799
- Adult 594-599

You can also access to manage your DIRECTV account via the DIRECTV website at www.directv.com. Residential DIRECTV customers can access their account by registering on the DIRECTV website www.directv.com. Commercial customers must call 1-800-DIRECTV to review options for account logins.










VoIP:
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service that sets up telephone calls over the Internet that are often billed at a flat rate and leverage subscribers existing broadband Internet connection. This saves money in that only one connection is needed for both voice (phone) and data (Internet) service.

VoIP can provide big company telephone features on a small company budget. You are not merely trading one system for another: VoIP represents the next generation of telephony and messaging: Control calls anytime from anywhere, view incoming calls, view missed calls, view calls you have placed, view your voice messages like emails (find the voice message you want to listen to first – listen to it through your phone, remotely, or on any sound-enabled computer, forward it to another user or an email box), click to call people in your contact directory, enjoy four-digit dialing to all of your locations, etc.







ADT Home Security Systems:
With an ADT Monitored Home Security System, your home will be monitored at all times with window and door sensors that notify you if a door or window is opened. If a window or door is unexpectedly opened, a notification will be sent immediately to ADT security and to you and local authorities may be quickly dispatched to your home.


Fast Alarm Response: When a home security alarm is received, ADT can call the local authorities for help so they can respond to an emergency at your home.

Why Choose ADT for Your Home Security System Monitoring? (1) ADT Security Services is the largest single provider of electronic security services to more than six million commercial, government and residential customers throughout North America, and has been helping to protect homes for the past 131 years. (2) ADT maintains a full network of interconnected customer monitoring centers throughout the country, to help protect your home and family. ADT can notify both you and the police department, so that your home can be protected whether you're there or not. (3) Wireless keychain remote access enables you to arm/disarm your ADT home security system from anywhere in the home. (4) ADT provides 24-hour alarm monitoring for burglary, as well as the option to monitor your home for fire/smoke, carbon monoxide, and other home emergencies.





Telecom Brokerage and Consultant Services:
Real-Time Solutions: Why wait for days, weeks, or even months to receive telecommunications service pricing? Our Real-Time Telecommunications Brokerage Service will IMMEDIATELY provide you with voice and data service information and pricing. Call us Toll Free at (888) 255-5859 and you will be connected to one of our unbiased, professional telecommunication brokers and consultants who will answer your questions, help you design your network, and compare the strengths and weaknesses of each of our telecom providers. Best of all, your Real-Time Telecom Broker can be your total telecommunications solution resource - the one point of contact you can always call to find any telecommunication solution you need, any time. Call us at (888) 255-5859.




MPLS:
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a data communication standard that creates separate data paths for specific sequences of packets. Each packet is identified by a label that is encapsulated into each packet. This eliminates the need for Internet Protocol (IP) routers to look up the IP address of the next router in the network in order to forward the packet and as a result, speeds up the network.

MPLS works across various data protocols such as the Internet Protocol (IP), Asynchronous Transport Mode (ATM), and frame relay. MPLS forwards most packets at layer 2 (switching) instead of at layer 3 (routing) level.

MPLS makes it easier to manage network for quality of service (QoS) because packets can be prioritized by business importance. For example, Voice over IP (VoIP) can be prioritized over email and web browsing packets.




Ethernet Internet:
Ethernet is the most widely-used data network protocol today. Standardized as IEEE 802.3, the Ethernet protocol is used for local area networks (LANs) at the Layer 1 (Physical Layer) and Layer 2 (Data Link Layer) of the OSI networking model. Ethernet can be used to connect twisted copper pair networks and to connect fiber optic cable networks. It also provides a great local access medum to connect LANs to the Internet. Ethernet access to the Internet is quickly becoming the access method of choice were it is available.




DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) Service:
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) is a voice and data access service that supports both voice and data communication across a copper plain old telephone serivce (POTS) line and significantly increases the digital capacity of analog POTS access lines.

POTS local loop speed is increased by up to 50 times when a DSL modem is attached at the customer premise and a Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) is connected to the local access loop at the local telephone company central office (CO).

DSL service is delverd as Asymmetric DSL (ADSL) which is the most common application for Internet access, where fast downstream is required, but slow upstream is acceptable, and as Symmetric DSL (SDSL) which supports high speed access across the local access loop in both directions.




Wireless Internet Service:
High-speed satellite and microwave Internet connections for business can replace or back up traditional terrestrial landlines such as Internet T1s and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service. With wireless IInternet service in place as your primary or backup Internet connection, you can always count on low-latency connection to the Internet that means you will have an "always up", "never down", "zero outage" service that eliminates wasted time and increases productivity.




Web Hosting and Reseller Web Hosting:
Web Hosting HostGator Web Hosting is the Telecom Broker Network's first choice for Web Hosting Services. HostGator is consistently ranked in the top ten of the world's best and largest web hosting companies with over 1 million domains hosted and a staff of over 160 employees.

Customer Service Focus: HostGator's 24x7 customer support is backed personally by the owner. For example, if you are not happy with the technical support you are receiving from the technician handling your trouble ticket, you can request to have tech support provided by the owner of HostGator , Brent, and Brent will personally handle your trouble ticket.

Make Money with HostGator Reseller Web Hosting: It is easy to make money as a HostGator Web Hosting Reseller. When you become a HostGator reseller, you will receive all of the tools you need to host your customers' web sites. Using your web management portal, you can set up unique Domain Name Service (DNS), adjust customer disk drive storage space, set up email accounts, and create unlimited web sites. You can set up customer web host pricing plans that fit your customer's needs and have the capability to create your own brand and use your own logo. You make money when you bill your customers more than HostGator is billing you for your reseller web hosting platform.

Dedicated Servers: Dedicated servers provide a higher level of security, speed, and up-time than a shared hosting solution, are fully-managed, include a free cPanel license, and are ready to use within 24 hours or ordering service. You have complete control over management of the server and you do not share server resources with other customers.

Money Back Guarantee: If you are not satisfied with your web hosting plan for any reason, all HostGator web hosting plans come with a 45 day money back guarantee and a 99.9% up-time guarantee!







Telecommunications Information on the Wold Wide Web:
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If you are looking for high-quality, up-to-date information in a simple, easy-to-use format, click on the banner below and you will be taken to the Telecom Links web site where you are always just a mouse click away from information about the telecommunication services you are looking for.




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