Comparison of Internet Access Options

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Comparison of Internet Access Options

• How to Compare,
• Shop for,
• Choose
• The best Internet Access
• option for your needs

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Persimmon Telecommunications

• Brings together a team of experts to help you
  make the best choice for your Telecommunications
  services
• Cost Effective Connections

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Joe Budelis

• Harvard PhD in Decision Control
• 30 years experience
• Areas Project Management, IT, Analysis,
  Telecommunications
• Long Term Positions
• Mobil Corporation
• Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
• ShopForT1.com, Telarus, Commission River

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What we bring to you

• Telecommunications expertise
• Consulting services
• We help you find the best option(s) for your
  Telecommunications needs
• We assist you with questions or issues that arise
  during setup during the contract term
• We provide an independent, unbiased,
  complimentary comparison of options carriers pay
  us a commission instead of hiring more employees
  with benefits, health care, etc.

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Specialties

• DSL, T1, DS3, Ethernet, OC3 and Fixed Wireless
  lines
• Fractional, Full, Bonded, Point-to-Point Ts
• Data, Voice and Integrated Ts
• VPN and MPLS services
• Phone Service
• Local and Long Distance Voice T1s and PRIs
• Local and Long Distance POTS
• Toll Free Service
• VoIP
• SIP Trunking
• Cell Phone Service
• Audio, Web Video Conferencing
• Domain Registration, Web hosting Cloud
  Computing
• Fax Services

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You Heard about meTell me what you wish to learn

• Personal or Serious Business Interest?
• How many of you use
• Dialup?
• DSL?
• Cable?
• Satellite?
• T1?
• Other?
• How many different Internet Access methods are
  available at your location?

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Some Internet Access Options

1. Dialup
2. DSL ADSL, IDSL, SDSL
3. Cable very variable as a function of
   neighbours usage
4. FiOS What other service is this most like?
5. Satellite
6. Fixed Wireless 3G, 4G
7. Fixed Wireless Microwave
8. T1
9. Fast Ethernet Pure, EoC, EoDS1, EoDS3
10. DS3
11. OC3 - OCx
12. GigE

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Internet Access Options

1. Typically, several carriers offer DSL to each
   eligible location
2. Cable probably only one provider in area
3. Satellite couple providers
4. 3G Fixed Wireless several providers
5. 4G Fixed Wireless limited, growing availability
6. Microwave Fixed Wireless may or may not be
   available from one or more providers
7. T1 always available usually from wide choice of
   providers
8. Fast Ethernet may or may not be available from
   one or more providers
9. DS3 always available but may require buildout
10. OC3 - OCx more likely to require buildout
11. GigE more likely to require buildout

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Internet Access Availability

1. DSL Dependent on distance from CO (Telephone
   Company Central Office), on quality of wiring,
   and on facilities at CO
2. Easy to understand cable service is not available
   if cable is not run to your building likewise for
   FiOS
3. 3G Fixed Wireless most areas of USA are covered
   by at least one carrier
4. 4G Fixed Wireless very limited areas have
   availability today but areas growing rapidly
5. Microwave Fixed Wireless depends on your being
   in line of sight of a fixed wireless antenna
6. T1, DS3, OCx always available usually from wide
   choice of providers pricing depends on which CO
   you are connected to and sometimes on distance
   from the CO
7. Fast Ethernet depends on whether building is
   lit or for EoC, EoDS1 and EoDS3 whether
   facilities are in place at CO and distance from
   CO
8. GigE depends on whether building is lit

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Bandwidth (i.e. speed)

• Is it the most important characteristic?

• Will a. or b. in the comparisons below provide
  better service?
• 6 Mbps x 2 Mbps cable connection
• 3 Mbps x 768 Kbps DSL connection
• 3 Mbps x 768 Kbps DSL connection
• 1.5 Mbps x 1.5 Mbps DSL connection
• 3 Mbps x 768 Kbps DSL connection
• 1.5 Mbps x 1.5 Mbps T1 connection

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Reliability

• SLA (Service Level Agreement)
• Up Time
• MTTR (Mean Time To Repair)
• Bottom Line If a business is critically
  dependent on the connection, its often a no
  brainer to pay the additional amount required for
  T1, DS3, or Ethernet type services

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Bandwidth Consistency

• Typically cable has the worse bandwidth
  consistency
• DSL, 3G Fixed Wireless and FiOS are next the
  saving factor with FiOS is that the bandwidth is
  so much greater than needed that after a huge
  decrease in bandwidth, there may still be enough
  left
• Microwave Fixed Wireless is between 3G Fixed
  Wireless and T1 often comparable to T1
  bandwidth consistency
• T1, DS3, OCx and Ethernet have the best

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Latency, Packet Loss and Jitter

• Do you care?
• Yes, if you are transmitting audio (e.g. VoIP) or
  video, or playing on-line games
• For Email and batch file transfer, these dont
  matter
• SLAs for T1, DS3, OCx and Ethernet services
  usually provide pretty good latency, packet loss
  and jitter guarantees

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This Presentation

• is available on my web site at
• http//t1service.homestead.com/Cable_DSL_T1.html
• To reach that URL,
• Google T1Service
• Normally, T1Service.homestead.com is near the top
  of the results. In the first paragraph, click on
  Comparison of Cable, DSL and T1 Internet
  Access. The link to these slides is in the first
  paragraph.