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Best (cheapest) way to order T1 (internet)

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Unable to get DSL at a transmitter site for program delivery over IP. Can't get an answer on ISDN availability, let alone find out who offers it in SW Florida. The local phone company quoted a T1 price close to $600/mo. When I put T1 service in Google, I get all sorts of services and ones that require a form completed and that someone will contact you with a quote or list of providers.

Does anyone have any suggestions where to go to get the absolute minimum cost for a T1 (direct from who actually provides it, not a marked up price from a resellter)? Looking for T1 internet for Comrex Access IP program delivery.

Thanks.
 
Have you checked your local cable TV provider? How about an IP radio?
 
Just a suggestion.... see if you have a local ISP who is within line of sight of you. Ask if they would cut you a deal if you purchased an RF bi-directional link into their NOC with the other end at your location. Or, perhaps a business in the area that already has high-speed that wouldn't mind a little money for a tap off their router.
 
Find a internet access point somewhere high enough to make a STL hop and just put your processor there and blast it out to the tower over a conventional composite STL. Cheap, dirty and LICENSED. The only word of warning (and you probably already know it) about FLA is in some areas that damn swap gas can really goof with longer STL hops. Just keep that in mind when doing any of the RF linking stuff.
 
Maybe an ok idea for a backup, but would hate to use that as a primary, even if the cell guys will let you 24/7. I would sure be scared to do that.
 
I would strongly suggest

1) Get the T1 from the same ISP that will provide the DSL line at the other end. This will, at least in theory, reduce the amount of shared bandwidth in between the two sites.

2) At least on the T1 end you should be able to get a SLA (service level agreement) that will assure performance, repairs times etc. You need to look at this in addition to price or you are not getting the full picture.

NOTE: Delay is probably OK, but are you OK with delay that can vary substantially over time? If not ,you should check with Comrex to make sure the adaptive buffering can be disabled. Also, if you want fixed delay you certainly have a number of codecs to choose from.

Rolf Taylor
Applications/Support Engineer

APT North America

800 955-APTX (2789)

www.aptx.com
 
Beat 'em up on price!

I just bought T-1 service for a client here in Los Angeles. AT&T wanted a $7000.00 install charge and then almost 1000 dollars a month for a point to point T-1.

Part of the problem is that each end of the circuit has a different ILEC-the send end is Verizon and the receive is AT&T.

Verizon's price was about the same-including the upfront install charge.

I wound up bidding out T-1 Internet service at both locations (two circuits) that share the same MPLS cloud. In simpler terms, though each circuit is it's own independent Internet service, they share a common subnet. This way, data that flows into one T-1 goes into an MPLS "cloud" (virtual switch) and comes out of the other without ever touching the Internet. I wound up bidding AT&T, Covad Business, Speakeasy and a local ISP, DSL Extreme.

Covad is a CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange carrier) which means that they can transparently bridge between AT&T and Verizon. Speakeasy and DSL Extreme are basically Covad resellers (though Speakeasy does maintain its own MPLS backbone). AT&T did not submit a bid. DSL Extreme was the cheapest at under 700 dollars a month. Speakeasy came in at about 820 dollars a month. Covad was the most expensive at about 950 a month, and includes 24/7 circuit monitoring (that they charge 100 dollars a month for).
Covad will continuously monitor both circuits at their NOC and proactively do neccessary repairs and adjustments. All three provided a Service Level Agreement (SLA)-and all three would have suited our purpose fine. Covad got the contract because their monitoring made the client "warm and fuzzy"-and I think they made the correct decision.

I think that having the Internet is an advantage-as I'm planning to use Barix boxes there for the 8 audio paths that I need to do. This way I can configure/re-configure the Barixes remotely.
 
Do you have line of sight to the xmtr site?if so, just get a pair of ethernet radios.(IP)
 
Covad is an incredible carrier. Until I relocated our of their footprint, I had a SDSL circuit from them. I think there were two unexpected hiccups over ten years. And the customer support is second to none. They know their stuff, they speak English, and you don't have to deal with mindless first-tier support folks.
 
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