Broadband technology is used for internet and wide area connections that are for speeds of 256 Kbps and faster. These types of connections are most commonly used to connect your home or office to the internet, but it can also be used to connect satellite offices, either directly, or over the internet using a Virtual Private Network (VPN). A Virtual Private Network typically creates a secure "tunnel" thru the internet, connecting the origin and destination networks together, as if they were physically connected together. Depending on your needs, different products and services are available to accomplish these types of things. Although these technologies seem to change drastically in price and quality from year to year, here is a summary of what we can provide, depending on your needs and budget.

Bandwidth Reference Chart - Blue items have notes.  Move your mouse over the blue text to read them. Circuit Name:   Max Capacity    Comments   POTS Line   1 Call or   56Kbps If you have a phone line in your home, this is most likely what you have.   DS0   64Kbps   DS0 = 64Kbps Data, or 1 Voice Channel   ISDN   128Kbps   2DS0s   IDSL   144Kbps   DSL using ISDN lines   DSL Lite   384Kbps up   1Mbps down   Uses a pair of wires, no splitter required   SDSL   1.1Mbps   Uses a pair of wires   High Orbit   Satellite   500Kbps up   1.5Mbps down   Uses Satellites in orbit.  Latency is 500ms due to high distances.    HDSL   1.54Mbps   Uses four wires   T1 or DS1   1.544Mbps   24 DS0s, can be used for voice and/or data   Cable   Modem   384Kbps up   2Mbps down  Uses Cable TV connection   RADSL   1Mbps up   2.56Mbps down   Speed varies according to condition of copper.  Used by Qwest.   High Speed   Wireless   33.6Kbps up   3Mbps down   Uses a transmission tower over an urban area.   G.shDSL   4.62Mbps   Uses 1 or 2 pairs of wires   T2 or DS2   6.312Mbps    96 DS0s, or 4 T1s   ADSL   640Kbps up   7.1Mbps down   Uses a pair of wires   Ethernet   10 Mbps    Many Typical Ethernet Networks   T3 or DS3   44.736Mbps    672 DS0s, or 28 T1s   OC-1   51.840Mbps Fiber Optic Network that carries 28 T1s or 1 T3   VDSL   3Mbps up   52Mbps down   Mostly Uses Fiber Optic Cables   Fast   Ethernet   100.00 Mbps    Most Typical Ethernet Networks   OC-3   155.520Mbps    84 T1s or 3 T3s   T4 or DS4   274.17Mbps    4032 DS0s or 168 T1s   OC-12   622.080Mbps    336 T1s or 12 T3s   Gigabit   Ethernet   1Gbps    Commonly used to connect corporate sites in different cities, over fiber networks   10 Gigabit   Ethernet   10Gbps    Next Generation of Gigabit Ethernet.   OC-48   OC-96   OC-192   OC-256   OC-768   2.488Gbps   4.976Gbps   9.953Gbps   13.271Gbps   39.812Gbps   Highest Capacity is  21,504 T1s or 768 T3s   ATM   30Gbps Used to carry traffic from T1s, T3s, OC-1s, OC-3s, OC-12s and above.  Used mainly by phone companies, long distance carriers, and cable companies to carry voice, video and data.

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