Prices of extremely high speed internet services?

[RSI]

At this point the highest speed internet service available for residential customers appears to be Cable or DSL depending on the location and company. However, what do you think the future holds in regards to this? Will we be seeing personal T1 or T3 lines, or technology delivering such performance to residential areas?

Anyway, how much do these things cost these days? I recall seeing an ad for a T1 line at $999/month - as if paying a thousand dollars per month for 193KB/s (1.544mbps) downloads was worth it. Now before you say anything, yes I know it is geared towards business solutions and not designed the same way at all. I'm just curious. Imagine having multiple T1 lines? Even if you wouldn't exceed 200KB/s at once on a download, you would have extremlely extremely reliable internet, and you'd be able to sustain many transfers at the same rate, correct? How about a T3? I don't recall the figures for transfer rates for T3 lines.

Just curious about all this. I wonder how much a T3 costs for a typical business.

 

[N8Magic]

T3 = 44.736Mbps.

Most DSL modems are capable of ~8MBps, so I think that will be the next thing in broadbands future. BUT, before that happens, the backbone speeds must also be increased at a similar ratio. You can't simply dump more people onto an already congested pipe at a higher rate.

The next big thing will be convergence. You're already seeing this with certain cable ISP's who offer phone service over the same pipe. My local telco is just rolling out a trial run of a service called VDSL. This connection runs at ~25Mbps, and offers telephone service, internet access and TV service all through one connection, which is split off into it's various parts in your basement, or the basement of your building, so that current wiring can be used.

 

[minendo]

I just want the 7.1M/768K now offered by Verizon.

 

[RSI]

I think my cable modem is "capable" of 10+mbps, but that really doesn't mean anything if the ISP isn't going to provide that speed.

Thanks for the info, N8 - but any idea how much a T3 costs?

 

[Maetryx]

At work we have 512/512 wireless internet and it costs $109.95/month.

At home I have the Universities LAN and I have downloaded from fileplanet at speeds in excess of 400KB/s (yes, that kilobytes, not kilobits).

 

[N8Magic]

A T3 is ~$500.00 to install, and ~$15,000USD per month, depending on the quality of the provider you use. (ie, UUNet will be more than Joe's ISP)

If you have any more questions, post away, and i'll try to answer them.

 

[UofI]

Is downloading at 650kb/s fast?

 

[Lucky]

If you have any more questions, post away, and i'll try to answer them.


How much for an OC-48 including installation?

 

[N8Magic]

<< Is downloading at 650kb/s fast? >>



Well, 650KBps is equivalent to a ~5.2Mbps connection (not counting overhead), so yes, it's fast.

 

[amnesiac]

My apartment complex has 3x T1 lines, I think they're adding a fourth..

My average transfers range from 170-350KB/s depending on net traffic.. My gripe is that it's ALWAYS having problems and sometimes it moves slower than a sloth on demerol, which the management can't seem to explain.

 

[N8Magic]

<< How much for an OC-48 including installation? >>



Well, a router than can handle that kind of traffic will cost at least $35,000USD, and the OC-48 add-on module will be upwards of $50,000USD... The access fees for that would be upwards of $100,000/mo (guesstimate), because you have to remember, in most areas a OC-48 connection would hog an entire strand of fibre to itself. :Q

 

[Dofuss3000]

OC-768 is currently the fastest synchronous optical network (SONET) standard rate for data transmission on optical fiber as part of the broadband ISDN (BISDN). OC stands for optical carrier and the number affixed is the multiple of the base rate bandwidth of 51.85 Mbps. OC-768 supports rates of 40 gigabits per second (Gbps) on a fiber optic carrier, a rate that translates to the equivalent of seven CD-ROM's worth of data in one second. Developed to meet ever-growing demands for bandwidth, OC-768 uses dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) to carry multiple channels of data on a single optic fiber. New DWDM systems are now in development to run at at 10 trillion bits per second (10 Tbps) per fiber. This translates into the theoretical capability of one fiber to support, simultaneously, an active Internet connection to every household in the U.S.
Enkido was the first company to offer OC-768 service, which they currently provide for a number of clients including Deutsche Telecom

( does this mean very house hold will have 52 Mbps + ? )

LINK

 

[UofI]

I am satisfied with my average download rate of 650 to 900kb/s that I get here at school. Cant complain with that and a 20 ping on CS!
Woot

 

[Layzee]

what apartment complex do you live in amnesiac? cuz mine supposedly has a T-1 line, but it's REALLY slow at times and often goes down... then again, I think the line is being shared by about 60+ apartments so it does tend to slow down when a lot of people are on...

btw.. I live on Kelton for you other bruins...

 

[Valhalla1]

out on the west coast recently I heard of a service that gives u a 100mbit fiber connection to your house (for under 100 bux a month i think)... dont know if they are still around but i think "fiber to the curb" is the next logical step