Integrated Access

Integrated T1 services are intended for businesses that need to run multiple services over the same line. The Integrated T1 is popular with businesses because of its flexibility. With Integrated T1, a business can run several services, such as local telephone, long-distance telephone, Internet, and voice over IP (VoIP) over a single circuit at the same time.

Integrated T1 services are very popular with small businesses that have fewer than 20 phone lines and don't need a full T1 to access the Internet but would like higher Internet access speed than what is afforded by dial-up, ISDN or satellite. An integrated T1 allows a small business to install a single T1 that will accommodate voice lines, Internet access and even wide area data networks.

Unlike regular T1 service, integrated T1 connections require sophisticated equipment on the T1 provider's end to split the 24 channels into diverse services. Similarly in order to access multiple services that delivered over the same T1 circuit, the customers require equipment capable of separating the individual channels. The good news is that equipment is provided for free from the Phone Company at no cost to the client.

Features

• Local phone lines
• Internet access
• Static Internet Protocol, or IP, addresses to meet your network configuration
• Web-based monitoring
• Web hosting
• Competitive, flat-rate long distance bundles
• Unified Messaging

Benefits

• Start with as few as four local lines and 384 Kbps of bandwidth and grow to 20 voice lines or more with transport speeds up to 1.54 Mbps per channel
• Simplify your business communications by combining voice, data, Internet and video applications on the same T1 circuit
• Get high speed, "always on" Internet access
• Change the combination of your voice, data, Internet and video access lines to suit your business needs
• Retain existing phone and fax numbers
• Reduce overall network costs
• Monitor circuit performance daily or weekly with Web-based tools
• Obtain customer service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

In summary, if you are a small business wanting the reliability of a T1 for your voice services and internet/data services at a much lower cost, the Integrated T1 is an excellent solution.