[ale] OT - DSL

[Mark Angeli]

yea, but in a way it is Voice over IP.

We installed a pri line last year (One physical line, over 70 dedicated
numbers) and bellsouth was offering to let us do the same thing, the problem
is that then we loose half of the pipe our phones have meaning we have to
cut back the number of phones.

Its done by running a T1 (which has its own assigned circut number, so it is
actually voice over ip) and using a special card to vend it out. it then
plugs in to our norstream phone pbx system, which I can admin from my
computer.

For the phones it works great. The only down side is that Bellsouth has to
have an opening in the local office in order for you to be connected.

For business DSL, we just switched to Covad for SDSL because Bellsouth
doesn't offer SDSL and ADSL wasn't worth it.

-----Original Message-----
From: James P. Kinney III [mailto:jkinney at localnetsolutions.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:08 AM
To: Charles Marcus
Cc: Ale
Subject: RE: [ale] OT - DSL


True, it is still a large expense. The kicker on this is it replaces the
phone lines as well. For a client with 5 commercial phone lines, the
monthly cost for this basically provides the data speed for free!

The other advantage is it is based on T1 technology. Which means, no
distance limitations, can be installed anywhere. I have run into loads
of small businesses that want high-speed connections but are in the
no-adsl zones. SDSL is a rock solid connection. I used it for 2 years.
It never went out. But it is expensive for the bandwidth.

I don't know why they (CBeyond) are calling it voice-over-IP since its
really not (marketing droid found a cool buzzword). It's just a
dynamically allocated T1. 12 9600 baud analogue lines of solid, steady
connectivity. And they currently offer a no fee installation and no fee
hardware with a minimum 1 year commitment. The T1 router (from Cisco) is
a $1400 box. So it's a good deal for the small business.

On Fri, 2002-07-12 at 07:05, Charles Marcus wrote:
> > From: James P. Kinney III [mailto:jkinney at localnetsolutions.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 9:34 PM
> >
> > For the business crowd, I have been looking at a group that
> > offers a T1 with dynamic bandwidth allocation between analog
> > phones and high speed data. If the phones aren't in use, full
> > T1 data speed. Otherwise, ratchet down the data to make room
> > for the phones. Company is CBeyond.
>
> Yep, been talking to them for about a year - or at least, their reps have
> been bugging me for that long.  Its called Voice-Over-IP, and sounds
pretty
> cool, although apparently they have had some problems with the s/w end of
> it, but they may have fixed those issues by now.  Regardless, it's still a
> hell of a lot more expensive than ADSL, again, if you are fairly close to
> the CO and all you need is decent d/l speeds.
>
> Charles
>
>
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