You ought to consider a business T1 line if you are interested a highly reliable phone and Internet service that may reduce your overall telecom expenses. If your business has more than seven individual phone lines and your staff uses the Internet, your business is a good candidate to save money with a business T1 line.
What Precisely is a T1 Line?
A T1 line is a dedicated line carrying digital data between your business and your phone company's customer office. It has a throughput of 1.544 Mbps that you can think of as being divided into 24 channels.
When a business T1 line is devoted to phone service, it can carry 24 concurrent external phone calls. Each call is transmitted on a separate "channel" or portion of the data stream. Your T1 line and your internal phone lines connect to a PBX device that is your private branch exchange--similar to your own phone company. The PBX can allow internal calling with a 3 or 4 digit extension, provides functions like voice mail, call waiting, hunt groups, music on hold, and other functions. Your PBX also handles 24 external calls concurrently. For numerous businesses this handles the external calling needs of 100 or more staff.
Another version of T1 is T1 PRI which is used in customer service centers where customer reps review customer records with your customers. With T1 PRI, there are 23 voice channels and a data channel that would be attached to a server. When a customer calls, the caller ID information is passed to the server which pulls up and displays the customer record on the computer screen of the customer rep as they receive the incoming call.
Your business T1 line may be dedicated to Internet access. You can plug the T1 line into a card in your LAN server to provide a throughput of 1.544 Mbps to the Internet. This speed is equal to 30 to 60 dialup connections (depending on the dialup line quality). Because the T1 line is digital, there is no reduction in quality due to crosstalk or line noise.
Alternately, your T1 line may integrate both phone and Internet services. You would commit a certain number of "channels" to phone service and the remainder to the Internet. An additional card in the PBX streams the Internet data to an interface card in your LAN server. This is a widely used option for many small and medium sized businesses.
How Will You Cut Costs By Using a Business T1 Line?
Consider a business that wishes to replace their present individual phone lines and their Internet service provider with a T1 line. The major reduction in costs is due to the elimination of the monthly expenses for the individual phone lines as well as your Internet access expenses.
Your ongoing costs will include a monthly lease charge for the T1 line and phone charges which come bundled with the T1 line. Your cost for a T1 line principally depends on the distance between your business and the phone company's customer office. Additionally, there will be one time expenses for the PBX device and other interface devices and cabling that your physical plant requires. There will also be continuing maintenance fees related to the PBX and other devices.
Lots of small and medium businesses have discovered a T1 line to be an excellent means to cut down on costs as well as offer higher quality and dependability to their customers and employees. You should get a business
T1 line quote to see if this is the right choice for your business.
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