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What is a T-1 line?

Answered By Brayden Eckles, Editor


A T-1 line is a line that comes directly from a telephone company to the place of a subscriber. Normally, a T-1 line is composed of 24 channels each work at a speed of 64 Kbps that gives a total of 1.536 Mbps data capacity. T-1 lines have two direction speeds. T-1 line is used for data and for 24 voice lines in each channel, or combination of both.

However, in using a T-1 line, a subscriber can experience several advantages and disadvantage of the application. First the advantages include:

- Since T-1 line is bi-directional upload and download rates runs at high speeds.

- T-1 line can support more subscribers than DSL application.

- T-1 line is more versatile which is able to mix data and voice.

- A t-1 line can support while streaming videos and audios, web servers, and email servers.

The disadvantage includes:

- A T-1 line can cost more than a DSL line

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