Data T1 Minneapolis MN

The Internet is, as they say, “out there.” It resides on millions of servers all over the world and functions as a literal network between them. There is no one place you could go to “turn off the Internet,” as it were – any node shutting down merely makes the Internet smaller, but it would continue to function until every last node and website had been shut down. However, neither is the Internet local. That means that to access the Internet, you’ll have to go over long distance telephone lines, satellite connections, and any number of other information portals just to get where you’re going. Every time you click a link or send an email, light snaps in milliseconds over vast thousands of miles down phone lines, through servers and relays, through the Earth’s atmosphere to be reflected back in a fiery burst of raw data transmitted from powerful geosynchronous communications satellites.

The singe portal to that data, the magic gateway to the wide fairy world of the digital is your modem. Originally (and still common today), modems worked on the same lines and by the same means as the average telephone. Data was sent in electrical pulses not translated into voice, as is a normal phone conversation, but into data, resulting in the electronic squawking we’ve all heard from old style dialup modems. As technology grew, demands became greater, and the old dialup modem was no longer able to keep up with demands. The Internet became more image intensive, and using the Internet included downloading large files full of information that could take dialup modems hours or even days to transfer.

It soon became clear that a faster Internet was needed. A series of high speed Internet and data transfer services ranging from the common DSL lines, which still utilized phone lines (albeit modified to allow the process), a more common solution among small businesses and home environments, to the powerful – but expensive – t1 service provider.

Data T1s, working at a rate at over sixty times faster than the average dialup modem, brought the Internet at incredibly high speeds not just into the hands of one Internet user, but into the hands of many. Whereas the old dialup modems often struggled to serve the needs of a single Internet user, T1 lines are able to handle dozens of users at a time, spread out across hard lined or wireless networks through the same portal.

So, what’s really the difference between a standard dialup (or even DSL) line and the far faster and more powerful data d1 line? To start with, the data t1 (unlike DSL or dialup) doesn’t use a phone line to transfer its information. Instead, an actual T1 line has to be laid from the Internet service provider to the establishment using the T1 service provider. This cable is often a fiber optic line, capable of carrying vast amounts of data very quickly, or even a copper wire, but either way is capable of transferring far greater levels of data than the average phone line. Sometimes, T1 lines are also used for phone or voice purposes, especially in large and busy office environments, which may field hundreds or even thousands of calls every day. In these cases, the T1 line is wired directly into the office’s phone systems and often routed through a switchboard before being forwarded on to the Internet service provider modems and Internet translators that provide fast Internet access across the range of the company’s hard wired network or wireless network, depending on the company’s preferences.

Velocity Telephone, Inc.

763-222-1004
4050 Olson Memorial Hwy
Golden Valley, MN
www.velocitytelephone.com