Will Fractional T1 Solve This Problem

Here's the picture you're looking at:

You have a small business....with less than 10 employees....who are all hooked into a router attached to a DSL modem.

You all need to be logged into an online database through the internet all day. You and your staff access the database to do lots of data entry as well as uploading of files. When all of you are logged in, the upload/download speed frequently is incredibly slow.

When you run DSL speed tests on any of your office machines, it shows around 1.1 mbps in the morning. By mid-afternoon, the speeds are down to 600 kbps on most of the machines. You've even seen them as low as 350 kbps.

Would a Fractional T1 solve this problem? Fractional T1s in your area run around $290/month. You don't believe a standard internet 1.5mbps T1 line is really affordable for you at $399/month. (Dollar figures are just an example for purposes of this article).

Well.....here's your answer:

Reliability, dependability, and fitness for a particular purpose have more to do with the shared nature of the services that you are using than they do with "speed". DSL is a shared resource service. Shared means that many customers are sharing an underlying internet backbone connection....that's why your speeds drop during the day ... more users are watching music videos from home in the afternoon than during the morning, sucking up all the provider's bandwidth. If the "fractional T1" provider will also be sharing their connection to the internet backbone with many of their customers, then you will likely find the same thing at the new carrier, though the busy times would be different.

The provider offering you a "T1" for $399/month is also likely sharing their backbone connection.

Remember that a shared service provider will measure speed from his office to your office, and not guarantee throughput to the internet backbone. If the shared provider has a 45M connection, and he sells 30 customers a 1.5M connection, what happens to the 31st customer? A shared provider will plop him on the same connection. Same thing with the 32nd customer, and the 33rd customer, and that's where speed problems arise.

What you need is a dedicated connection to the internet backbone, where you have your own slice of bandwidth that is not shared with other users. You say you can't afford $399. That's $20/day. That's one hour of a decent employee. What you can't afford is problems with your internet circuit, and shared connections are causing you problems.

However....before changing out the network facility and rushing to more bandwidth, first give the current carrier the chance to troubleshoot what might be broken!

Michael is the owner of FreedomFire Communications....including DS3-Bandwidth.com and Business-VoIP-Solution.com. Michael also authors Broadband Nation where you're always welcome to drop in and catch up on the latest BroadBand news, tips, insights, and ramblings for the masses.

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Newbie Internet Marketer - How to Structure an Article

When you are starting out with writing articles, it can be a daunting task, especially if you don't have any experience writing, and you maybe didn't do so hot in high school.

That being said, there is a formula you can follow that can help you get past this issue pretty quickly. Before we go on, when you are writing, image yourself talking to someone, and just type like you are having a conversation with another person. Basically that's what writing is about. As you continue to write, and observe other's work, you will start to notice subtle things about phrasing, voice, and tone.

Here is the basic formula for writing an article.

Tell them what you are going to tell them. This is your introduction. Basically, you are priming your reader to let them know what to expect. What the article is about. You get to greet the reader and create rapport.

Second, Tell them. This is the body of the article. Really, what you are getting to them in this section is the meat. It's what they came for. You wrote a great title, and get them excited in your intro, now you are going to give them all the points that support your introduction.

Finally, Tell them what you told them. This is your summary. In another way, you want to reiterate the key learnings that came out of your article. Think about it as your elevator speech...what you would tell someone if you had an elevator ride to convince them of something. Once again, summarize the major points of the article body.

Writing articles may seem like a large task and frightening, but with time and effort, you will improve and the use of the form will come naturally. Remember, tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them!

Want to learn where I learned how to say good bye to "the Man?" click here, and for current tips and updates visit my Internet Marketing blog.

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