- Regular dial-up modems are capable of carrying up to 64 kbps of voice and data. Businesses seeking a method of condensing their phone and Internet costs may look at a solution which involves using a fiber optic line to carry both telephone and online traffic. Fiber optic lines come in varying levels of bandwidth, the introductory level being a T1, a connection capable of speeds of 1.544 mbps.
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Phone companies are the primary contractors of T1 lines. Fiber optic cables permit greater capacity and speeds. Telephone companies already utilize fiber optics for transmitting phone data across their networks. Analog phone users, such as residential customers, have their calls converted for use on an electrically-based home phone.
Businesses that use a T1 have a fiber optic cable which branches from the network and runs directly to the company. - The bandwidth of a T1 line is large enough to carry both data and voice information. The phone system and Internet connection merge at a modem and exit the building. The fiber optic line coming to the building carries the digital data to the appropriate public data and voice networks. The modem in the building converts the data to binary code (a series of zeroes and ones), which compresses the data and allows it to move along the Internet.
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wanderfire said
on 10/2/2009 Excellent explanation! Very helpful. You can also find easy to understand explanations at http://www.t1definition.com/ and http://www.cost-of-t1-line.com/
Dr. Wendell Coates
http://www.childrensorthodontist.com/