Leased Line Costs: Distance And Bandwidth Dependent

2007-04-12 11:34:06

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If your business (which has multiple offices in different locations) needs to be connected all the time for shared access to your organization's critical applications, then you should consider getting a leased line connection. A leased line offers a secure exchange of information between your offices because you do not share a dedicated permanent link with the others outside your network.

The dedicated connections may not necessarily be cost-effective, because leased line costs are dependent on two things: distance and bandwidth. Leased line costs are based on flat rate models in most countries. You may use the link twenty-four hours a day since you will be charged on a monthly fixed payment anyway. For businesses that need intercontinental and international connections, they may have to pay higher leased line costs.

Leased lines range of speeds may vary, but they all provide you an almost hundred percent uptime. You should determine the ideal bandwidth that you need before you sign up to get a leased line connection. You may be paying expensive leased line costs for a bandwidth that you do not really need, or you may think that you only need a slower speed but your business ends up losing significant amount of time and money for a connection that is too slow.

To help you ascertain the bandwidth you need, you should take into account the number of people who will have access to your applications that they frequently use. You may want to request your leased line provider to tailor the bandwidth to the requirements of your business. If you need at least 1.544Mbps a month, you may need to know T1 pricing because T1 technology supports this kind of speed.

In addition to monthly leased line costs, you should also consider installation, upkeep, losses due to downtime, and other ongoing charges.


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