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Affordable T1 Internet Service for Your Black Point, California Business | Featured Article by: T. A. Johnson, Sr. - Customer Relations Manager - January 8, 2009
Finding T1 Internet service for your Black Point, California business can be a challenge. If you do not know that there are usually multiple providers of local T1 Internet Lines, chances are that you would first contact your local phone company (and probably get a horrible deal). When searching for services it is important to know which T1 Line have a POP (Point of Presence) in your Black Point, California location but for some reason many service providers do not like to make their presence public.
If a T1 Internet line is in your future you can take the guesswork out of your search and contact a T1 Internet Broker. A broker can reach several Black Point vendors in the time it would take you to find one or two providers that may or may not provide service to your Black Point, California location. If you are looking for a T1 line for under $300 let your broker know this and he or she will point you only to companies that offer service at your price and location.
We recommend the use of brokers in the search for Black Point, California T1 Intenet service and we also recommend using a broker to sign up for your service. Often people believe they can get a better price by contacting a broker to get pricing and other information and then go directly to the vendor. This process is a good way to eliminate some of the smartest advantages of using a broker. A T1 Internet broker will not mark up the price of service. They operate on finders fees from the company and therefore obtain the same pricing you will recieve from the provider directly - guaranteed! The advantage of ordering through a broker is that you will get an additional level of customer service and support. If the provider is not performing to your expectations you can always go back to your T1 broker who puts a significant volume through the carrier. Because of the volume of orders your broker provides to the carrier, your broker is generally more likely to get the companies attention and have your problem solved. A T1 Internet broker is the only way to go for your Black Point, California business!
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Search for Telecom PBX and IP Network Dealers and Technicians in Your Area!
Your Black Point, California business may need a VAR (Value Added Reseller) for a variety of reasons. You may be looking
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Internet Connection Speed Test |
This bandwidth meter will enable you to check the data transfer speed between your computer terminal
in Black Point, California and our servers in Los Angeles, California USA. There are several factors that can affect the test results, including:
- Location of our servers in relation to your computer. (each "hop", or network leg, will introduce a possible bottleneck).
- Traffic on your shared DSL or Cable line.
- Your computer's performance and configuration.
- Your browser type and configuration.
- Other programs that are running on your computer at the time of the test.
Note: We use a javascript pop-up to display the results. You may have to disable your pop-up blocker to see test results.
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Frequently Used Telecommunication Terms and Acronyms |
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A | B | C | D | F | H | I | L | M | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | X
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ADSL ( Asymmetric
Digital Subscriber Line )
- DSL technology
in which there is more more bandwidth or data transfer in one direction than the other, as in 1.5 Mbps download and 256 Kbps upload speeds.
analog
- A continuous and varying electrical or radio signal or wave. In contrast, a digital signal is characterized by a broken, or on and off signal.
asynchronous
- Occurring at different times or rates. Email is asynchronous because the sender and receiver do no need to
to transfer and receive data at the same time.
ATM ( Asynchronous
Transfer Mode ) - A method of data transportation in which
fixed length data packets are transmitted over a switched network such as telephone company lines.
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backbone
- Critical paths in the telecommunications network, typically connecting major population and/or data centers.
bandwidth
- Measurement of the capacity of a line or device to handle voice and/or data transfer.
BISDN
( Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network ) - Second-generation
digital network technology utilizing fiber optics. Capable of data transfer speeds of 155 megabits per second and higher.
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carrier
- an electromagnetic wave or alternating current which transports analog or digital signals.
CO ( Central Office )
- Your Black Point, CA telephone company switching facility that connects your line to the line dialed.
CLEC ( Competitive Local Exchange Carrier )
- The term for an independent telecom entity created after the Telecommunications Act of 1996 made it legal for companies to compete with the ILECs.
CPE ( Customer
Premises Equipment ) - Equipment in a communication system is located within the home or office.
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dedicated
connection / dedicated service - A telecom link that operates constantly.
dial-up
connection - A telecom link that is established
by dialing a phone number to complete the connection..
digital
signal - A signal that takes on only two values, off or
on.
DSL ( Digital
Subscriber Line ) - An always on data transmission technology. DSL does not require dialing into your Black Point, CA network, and is much faster and dependable than dial-up services.
DSLAM ( Digital
Subscriber Line Access Multiplexor ) - A CO device that takes multiple DSL
lines and concentrates them onto an ATM line.
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frame
relay - A high-speed packet switching protocol used in
WANs, often to connect LANs to each other, operating at a maximum bandwidth of 44.725 Mbps.
FDM ( Frequency
Division Multiplexing ) - The transmission of multiple
signals simultaneously over a single transmission path by dividing
the available bandwidth into multiple channels that each cover a
different range of frequencies.
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bit rate Digital Subscriber Line ) - A symmetric DSL
technology that provides a maximum bandwidth of 1.5 megabits per
second in each direction over two phone lines, or 2 Megabits per
second over three phone lines.
HDSL II ( High
bit rate Digital Subscriber Line II ) - Next gerneration HDSL.
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ILEC ( Incumbent
Local Exchange Carrier ) - A phone company that has been providing local services since the divestiture of AT&T telephone in 1982. These would include the RBOC's, GTE, some Cooperatives and others.
ISDN ( Integrated
Services Digital Network ) - A data communication network that allows for dial-up digital communication at speeds up to 128 kbps.
IXC ( Inter-eXchange
Carrier ) - A long-distance telephone services provider.
IP ( Internet
Protocol ) - The standard for data and voice transmission via the Internet.
ISP ( Internet
Service Provider ) - Enterprises providing Internet access to the public.
Intranet
- A network, functioning much like the internet, serving a single organization or site. Access to off-site users is limited or prohibited.
IDSL ( ISDN
Digital Subscriber Line ) - DSL that uses
ISDN transmission technology to deliver data at 128 kbps
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last
mile, also local loop - The lines connecting your location and the Black Point, California telephone company's CO.
LATA ( Local
Access Transport Area ) - A geographical area that defines bounderies for local
local phone services.
LAN ( Local
Area Network ) - A network connecting a number of computers
to each other.
LEC ( Local
Exchange Carrier ) - A local telephone company providing service for calls originating and terminating
within a single LATA.
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modem
(MOdulator-DEModulator) - A Modem converts digital
signals into analog signals and vice-versa for transmission over regular
telephone lines.
multiplexing
- The transmission of multiple signals over a single data or telecommunications line.
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OC-3 ( Optical Carrier - 3 ) - A fiber optic line carrying 155 megabits
per second.
ONU ( Optical
Network Unit ) - A device that converts optical signals into electrical signals for transmission via copper or coaxial lines.
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packet-switched
network - A network that breaks transmissions into small "packets" of data that are sent separately. The packets may travel different
paths and arrive at different times, with the destination sites reassembling them into the original message.
POTS ( Plain
Old Telephone Service ) - Traditional telephone services.
POP ( Point
Of Presence ) - The point of connection between a data network and a telephone network. For example, it would be the facility where your Black Point, T1 Line Provider connects to the local CO.
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RADSL ( Rate-Adaptive
Digital Subscriber Line ) - DSL that divides the available frequencies into sub-channels and maximizes performance by adjusting the transmission to the quality of the phone line.
RBOC ( Regional
Bell Operating Company ) - One of seven local telephone companies formed from the divestiture of AT&T in 1984.
Router - A device that directs and controls the flow of data through the network.
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SDSL - ( Symmetric
Digital Subscriber Line ) - DSL that delivers the same bandwidth in both directions, upstream and downstream. SDSL provides transmission speeds in the same range as a T1 line.
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T-1
- Also known as DS1 and T1, a T-1 is a symetrical dedicated service that offers 1.544 megabits per second of bandwidth, upsteam and downstream.
T-3
- Also known as DS3 and T3, a T-3 is a symetrical dedicated service that offers 44.75 megabits per second of bandwidth, upstream and downstream.
twisted
pair - The set of two copper wires used to connect the CPE at your Black Point, California location with the CO. ...or, my Brother and his ??? friend..
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USP ( Universal
Service Provider ) - A company that sells access to phone, data, and entertainment services and networks. Companies offering residential "Triple Play" (phone, TV, & internet) services are examples.
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VDSL ( Very high bit rate Digital Subscriber Line )
- DSL that delivers from 13 to 52 megabits per second downstream bandwidth and 1.5 to
2.3 megabits per second upstream.
Video conference
- Interactive, audiovisual communication among three or more people at two or more sites.
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WAN ( Wide
Area Network - Network that connecting geographically-distributed
computers or LANs.
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xDSL
- See DSL.
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