I'm getting a T1 - INTO MY APARTMENT!

[Dutch3]

Funny how 30-40 year old technology is the most stable. Is ISDN still around?

I had an ISDN circuit out here in the boonies for a few years. The only other choice was dialup at about 19.2kbps.

The ISDN cost about $140/mo including the dual-channel ISP fees. It was much better than dialup (I also "telecommute" and babysit servers from home, etc.) and fairly reliable. The downside was the 20+ miles of wet cable between me and the CO, and the fact that most current ATT techs are not familiar with ISDN. On a couple of occasions, I had to contact a supervisor down in Pasadena that was able to light a fire under the local crew to get things working.

Thankfully, a lightning strike a few years ago destroyed the local pairgain equipment (thank you, God!) and it was replaced with a DSL-capable RT.

At work, we have gigabit connections to our ISP, but still have a T-1 at each site for failover backup.

[zenmastar]

I'm getting a T1 - INTO MY APARTMENT!

Not impressive in this decade or the last one at all. You should look into WiMAX (not cellular version) internet providers first. There are some for Sonora area.

T1 in this decade is the equivalent of 56Kbs of the last decade.

[zenmastar]

double tap, internet service here is too fast!

[oaklander]

We have a tree problem (and the ones that need cutting are not on our property). So no "line of sight" anything.

We are staying here because we are getting a really good deal on the apartment, and with my boss paying about half, I don't pay the full amount.

We will probably stay here about a year or so, then transfer the T1 to where we move for the remainder of the 2 year contract. Right now we are both broke, since the wedding was fairly expensive (I wanted to give my wife a nice wedding), and we both have some back bills to take care of.

What I will likely do, depending on if the bandwith supports it, is set up a second monitor with a virtual terminal connected to one of our servers, and use that to access and edit files on our file server - then use my local computer (via VPN) for email and the "cloud" software that I use for most of my work.

Not impressive in this decade or the last one at all. You should look into WiMAX (not cellular version) internet providers first. There are some for Sonora area.

T1 in this decade is the equivalent of 56Kbs of the last decade.

[Nessal]

Not impressive in this decade or the last one at all. You should look into WiMAX (not cellular version) internet providers first. There are some for Sonora area.

T1 in this decade is the equivalent of 56Kbs of the last decade.

Then 99.9999% of the population must be prehistoric.

[hcbr]

man this is nostalgia for me, T1 was great at it's time, and hey, for work purposes, if you don't need anything critical or huge down the pipe, it's just fine to do regular work and browsing! I'm sorry to hear your area has no provision for any options, which would drive me NUTS!

Anyways, enjoy the t1 and use up that sucker!

[SikDMAX]

Sounds like T1 isnt all as hot as it used to be?

[Cokebottle]

It's not that fast (at 1.54), but I never thought that I would be connected to the 'net via a "real" T1. I'll miss the 20mbps that I was getting with my cable internet in Oakland, but I will like the 99.999 percent uptime in the SLA.

Amazing.

It wasn't that long ago (was 1995 that long ago?) that a single T1 was sufficient for an ISP to support 300 subscribers.

[sepiid]

at times i would give up my 60$ a month comcast for my old 500$ a month t1 just cause comcast connection sucks so much.

constantly having to reboot there "new" docsys 3.x modem and tv jittering and phone service that is iffy

i know in the marin county there is a company called webperception.com a local isp that provides great service! (i used them for 5 years) they might be able to point you in the direction of someone similar in sonora county

[command_liner]

ISDN still has some magic, but it is slow.

The reason ISDN is good is because it is considered residential telephone service
when you order it at a residence. As a result, the PUC gets involved when you have
outages. Nobody knows how it works, or even how to order it, but you can get it.

When it comes to being pushy, there is nothing quite like ISDN. If you have PacBell,
just whip out the consent decree that they are _still_ operating under, and start
reading the provisions. I especially like the penalty: PacBell has to pay you $5 per
day that your ISDN service does not work! Try that with the cable company. I am
one of the handful people that actually collected on that.

[sevensix2x51]

i think i might get an oc3 at the house, so i could actually win on call of duty. sure, its a little cost prohibitive, but in the end, i think its worth it. this cable internet just doesnt cut it, even with my gamer lounge router. i havent seen better than 2megabits per second when i download my public domain songs.

i remember when t1 was the hottest thing out... i think i was on a 19200baud modem.
just the idea of having it at your house makes me feel a little giddy inside, my inner repressed youth computer nerd is coming out... awesome.

[sepiid]

a dedicated oc3 would be 45Mb/s symmetrical
and would hit about 20k /m +install +trenching +fiber run +everything else involved in digging up your street and local permits and ...

but the 20k/m kinda throws me off. but if i was a bazillionare...

[evidens83]

I'm jealous.

[wash]

My employer foolishly leased a building about 3 years ago which had no means of internet connection beside T1 line (and 2/3G wireless). We had to do T1 at about $400 a month after we used an air card for a few days.

We just moved in to another building and now can get a faster $60 a month cable modem setup on a comercial account with guaranteed uptime and whatever else they do different from residential customers.

So far I haven't noticed a difference but I haven't downloaded any large files yet.

On the other hand, I doubt I'll ever have a connection as sweet as what I had at UCLA, 10baseT straight in to the backbone when most people were still on 14.4 kbps dial up.

[Deucer]

My employer foolishly leased a building about 3 years ago which had no means of internet connection beside T1 line (and 2/3G wireless). We had to do T1 at about $400 a month after we used an air card for a few days.

We just moved in to another building and now can get a faster $60 a month cable modem setup on a comercial account with guaranteed uptime and whatever else they do different from residential customers.

So far I haven't noticed a difference but I haven't downloaded any large files yet.

On the other hand, I doubt I'll ever have a connection as sweet as what I had at UCLA, 10baseT straight in to the backbone when most people were still on 14.4 kbps dial up.

Wow, how many other people here went to UCLA? Go Bruins.

I miss my T3 connection...