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Date:	Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:32:43 -0700
From:	"George M. Boyd" <bb385@lafn.org >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Slow Internet Connections...?

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J R FOX wrote:
> --- Martin Rosenfeld wrote:
>
>
>> Is T1 a telephone company service or are there
>> multiple vendors? Does it
>> go over copper or fiber?
>>
>> Martin
>>
>
>
> I have not noticed it being offered as other than a
> Telco service . . . but I might have missed
> something. (Often enough the case.) Due to the high
> cost of it, this has been something businesses would
> spring for, but little point in marketing it to
> consumers. I don't really know, but my bet would be
> that copper would not be sufficient to sustain it.
>
>
> Jordan
>
>
>
>
>
>
T1 is offered by many suppliers, but, of course, the final link is the
phone company copper link to
you. Up and down speed is the same, 1.5. The service is "guaranteed" to
meet specs by the supplier. Range from the central office can be
greater than DSL, since the lines are conditioned
and repeaters are used in-line if necessary

George

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