Question for all of you:
My company (50+ users) has a single wireless connection that seems to get 4.5mbps down / 0.5 mbps up on this site. This is similar to the cable internet I have at home (if not slower). Everybody's internet access is fine.
It seems like every business I know has a T1 going into their place. I priced one of these out the other day - it was like $450 a month or so. But if a T1 is 1.5mbps split between up and down, why on earth would anybody buy it vs. $50 a month for wireless or cable? Err - pay 8x as much for 1/3rd the speed?
I asked the phone company this question, and their only response was "Well we offer swift response time if something goes down," and "your cable company only offers up to 5mbps...you won't actually get it). But the truth is that my wireless or cable hardly ever goes down, and I consistently get 5 mbps. So that argument seems pointless.
Now I could sort of understand having a T1 for an e-mail server or VPN server. But why would anybody buy a T1 for standard business communication? Or is there something I'm missing there?
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