Cost of High Bandwidth Lines

[piasabird]

Can anyone tell me how much high bandwidth lines cost monthly on average?

T1?
T3?

OC3 - OC12?

It would be really helpful if I know who the provider or supplier was.

I am working on a 10 page paper for Services via the internet, and I am finding it hard to find any information on actual prices. Usually they want you to request a Quote, so I did. However, I have not received any answers back yet.

Any help would be appreciated.

Websites are fine; no reason to reinvent the wheel.

Information must be current.

Thanks ahead of time, Hee Hee!

[Airmack]

A friend has T1 and pays 300. So oc 12 must be in the 1,000's

[tigstah]

what speed rating is an oc-12....145 mb a sec.......wow......my buddy is a network manager for att broadband...i'll ask him.....

[glc]

300 is dirt cheap for a T1 unless it's a fractional - they average around 800. I understand a T3 is about 15 grand.

[UncleS]

Cut and paste this into your browser. Hopefully this helps some.
http://www.t1-t3-dsl-line.com/solutions.php

[piasabird]

This is a great link. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks a Lot!

[ryanatalie]

I bet Bill Gate$ has an OC-48 plumbed to his house. That would make a sweet gaming connection.

[mbossman2]

Originally posted by ryanatalie I bet Bill Gate$ has an OC-48 plumbed to his house. That would make a sweet gaming connection.

at 2gbps+ i think that would be way overkill, even with gigabit ethernet....no reason (even if you're rich) to have more bandwidth than your network can handle.

OC-12 and higher are aggregation pipes used for serious backbone connections (they usually run from phone company regional CO's to central points).

But, yeah...if I could afford, I'd have one too.

[UncleS]

The way I understand it is that while T1, T3 and some OC3 lines are connected to routers as WAN links, the OC12 and up are usually used as long-haul backbone between telcoms. OC3 are usually local loops that dedicated T1 - T3 connect your business to.

So an OC-12 (or Larger) fiber link runs into a metro area. It is then split into OC3 local loops that service differnet areas in the same city. T1 and T3 lines then connect your network to the OC3 local loop as a permanent circuit.

Also the OC lines are fiber anything connected to it and the set up costs are WAY more expensive than dealing with copper.

[Floppyman]

That's a cool page, I bookmarked it for reference. I had a question though. On the OC-48 it says it was 2.488 Gigabytes per second. Is it really gigabytes per second or should it be Gigabits? Thanks in advance.

[mbossman2]

gigabits per second