T1 download speed?

[jrockfl]

What is the download speed of a T1?

RR Biz Class standard package has 2mbps download and 384 kbps upload.

How does this compare to a T1?

How would this handle hosting a couple web sites?

[golfcart]

1.54 Mb up and down and usually has a quality of service guarantee

[Jeordiewhite]

Well for a download, that is nice to have, however golfcart is right on, T1 is a business line and it is garunteed.
I have a 3mpbs/256kbps line, I honestly would rather have a download speed of a T1 and get a faster upload speed, but that is just one thing with comcast, upload is capped at 256k. However yours is still fairly decent. While if I could have a fast download and reasonable upload I would be really love that then.

For a couple of websites, it wouldn't do the job unless there was just a few visitors, as for a couple, I would say forget it.
Many sites you go to that load fast and a lot are set at 1.5mb cap per users, that is per user, not around 30-40k just for one person to load the site.
while not always the situation with the cap, sometimes pages will load at your modem speed if they are on a nice server, honestly yours would be too slow for just one unless it wasn't a high traffic site and just a personal one for your friend and family.

[HeadBand]

t1 is not 3mbps i dont know where you got that it is always 1.54 but the is in bits not bytes if you want to know how much data you can get devide by 8 so that is about 200k/second

[brandon184]

Many sites you go to that load fast and a lot are set at 1.5mb cap per users, that is per user, not around 30-40k just for one person to load the site.

I disagree with Jeordiewhite... Unless you're hosting a major website where you need to support a ton of concurrent users, a T1 should suffice. If you're getting into a situation where you're need to serve 50+ concurrent users, and people are complaining that it's slow - then it'd probably be time to upgrade.

This isn't an issue of hosting a site on your mom's DSL connection... A T1 is big business compared to residential DSL.

- Brandon

[Martoch]

Originally posted by HeadBand
t1 is not 3mbps i dont know where you got that it is always 1.54 but the is in bits not bytes if you want to know how much data you can get devide by 8 so that is about 200k/second

Hehe, trust me, Jeordie knows how many bits are in a T-1 line...he was not saying that his line was a T-1, he was simply stating that his broadband connection is capped at 3mbps...but is certainly not guaranteed as a T-1 line is.

A T-1 will be fine as far as webhosting goes...unless, as brandon mentioned, you are dealing with heavier business traffic.

[jrockfl]

How would 2mbps download and 384 kbps upload be for hosting a web site?

[brandon184]

It really depends on what you're serving.

Even if you're not serving anything heavy -- residential DSL isn't the greatest.

- Brandon

[MrPurple]

First of, a T1 is more then enought for even heavy duty serving.
But then that is why you are paying over $700 per month, plus installation fees.

Residential DSL is much less.

[Scott Tiger]

Originally posted by MrPurple
First of, a T1 is more then enought for even heavy duty serving.
But then that is why you are paying over $700 per month, plus installation fees.

Residential DSL is much less.

NOW that's an understatement. LOL